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DN LFF08: Sex Positive – Daryl Wein
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It’s the time of year when I get to pretend I’m hard done by; slaving away in darkened cinemas, gorging on the finest films the Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival has to offer. The upside to my valiant sacrifice is that I’m a sharing kinda guy:
It’s hard to believe there was a period in which the US government had to be convinced safe sex education was an essential tool in combating the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but unfortunately without the work of ex-hustler and safe sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz that conclusion could have been much later in coming. Daryle Wein’s documentary feature Sex Positive shines a light on the little known history of the safe sex movement and the personal cost to Berkowitz as he was vilified in the gay community for speaking out.
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Sex Positive
Daryl Wein
Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
Richard Berkowitz
Fair Use
Panasonic HVX200
Redrock Micro
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Author: MarBelle
MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the latest incarnation of this disorder and so much cheaper than film school. Twitter: @MarBelle
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[...] draws for devourers of celluloid such as ourselves. That initial contact came in the form of an interview at this year’s London Film Festival after seeing his feature debut Sex Positive, a documentary [...]