David Weissman
We Were Here - Klassiek achter de Duinen
The first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco.
Aansluitend op festival Klassiek Achter de Duinen en hun nieuwe hoofdstuk in The AIDS Quilt Songbook vertonen we op 18 september documentaire We Were Here. De film wordt ingeleid door Pieter van Loenen, co-artistiek leider van het festival.
We Were Here documenteert over wat in de vroege jaren 80 de 'Gay Plague' werd genoemd: de opkomst van de ziekte aids in de homoseksuele gemeenschap. Het leek er vanuit het niets te zijn en we zien de enorme impact die de ziekte had op de betrokkenen, de gemeenschap de media en de politiek.
Following on from the Klassiek Achter de Duinen festival and their new chapter in The AIDS Quilt Songbook, we will be screening the documentary We Were Here on 18 September. The film will be introduced by Pieter van Loenen, co-artistic director of the festival.
We Were Here documents what was known in the early 1980s as the ‘Gay Plague’: the emergence of AIDS in the gay community. It seemed to come out of nowhere, and we can see the enormous impact the disease had on those affected, the community, the media and the political sphere.
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