Silence = Death

Rosa von Praunheims dedicates part 1 of his AIDS trilogy to the key figures of the New York art scene such as Allen Ginsburg, David Wojnarowicz or the painter Keith Haring, who died of AIDS. The film focuses on artists who fight for AIDS education and the rights of infected and diseased people. With a gentle yet demanding interview technique, he moves his interviewees to self-expression. Praunheim's documentary significantly influenced the academic and socio-political discourse on HIV/AIDS in the United States. "Von Praunheim is exactly the right man for the job he took on with the films SILENCE = DEATH and POSITIVE: He has the vision, the compassion, the toughness and, yes, the humor needed to make the AIDS epidemic more bearable." (Los Angeles Times)

Keywords

  • Award Winning
  • Pioneers
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • Queerness: Living Out Loud
  • Rosa von Praunheim
  • activism
  • history
  • moving
  • politics

Actors

  • Allen Ginsberg
  • Keith Haring
  • David Wojnarowicz
  • Bern Boyle
  • Emilio Cubeiro
  • Rafael Gamba
  • Peter Kunz

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Documentary, Queer


55min


16 FSK

DE

Germany
United States of America
1990
Part 1 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic

Part 1 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic


Rosa von Praunheims dedicates part 1 of his AIDS trilogy to the key figures of the New York art scene such as Allen Ginsburg, David Wojnarowicz or the painter Keith Haring, who died of AIDS.


The film focuses on artists who fight for AIDS education and the rights of infected and diseased people. With a gentle yet demanding interview technique, he moves his interviewees to self-expression.


Praunheim's documentary significantly influenced the academic and socio-political discourse on HIV/AIDS in the United States.


"Von Praunheim is exactly the right man for the job he took on with the films SILENCE = DEATH and POSITIVE: He has the vision, the compassion, the toughness and, yes, the humor needed to make the AIDS epidemic more bearable." (Los Angeles Times)

Festivals

Berlinale - Panorama

Berlinale - Panorama

Cast & Crew

rosa-von-praunheim

Director

Rosa von Praunheim

Cast

Allen Ginsberg

Cast

Keith Haring

Cast

David Wojnarowicz

Cast

Bern Boyle

Cast

Emilio Cubeiro

Cast

Rafael Gamba

Cast

Peter Kunz