We were here the AIDS years in San Francisco

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Title:

We were here the AIDS years in San Francisco

Author:

Weber, Bill, director.

Publication Information:

[United States] : Docuramafilms : New Video, [2012]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

David Weissman's We Were Here revisits the San Francisco of the 80s and 90s, using the city's experience with AIDS to open up a conversation about both the history of the epidemic and the lessons to be learned from it. Yet the film reaches far beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself as it illuminates the power of a community that comes together with love, compassion, and determination.

General Note:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011.

Extras include filmmaker interview ; HIV PSAs from 1990s, theatrical trailer and filmmaker bio.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

Rating: Not rated.

Subject Term:

AIDS (Disease) -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.

AIDS (Disease) -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives.

Gay men -- California -- San Francisco -- History.

Gay men -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives.