What is Margaret watching?
Margaret recommends the following impactful and historical movies on HIV/AIDS. Do you have others to recommend?
(1989) This documentary tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The film focuses on people remembered in the AIDS memorial quilt. Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1990.
(1985) The first major film, televised or theatrical, to deal with the AIDS epidemic. Watched by over 34 million people. It was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards.
(1989) The first wide-release theatrical film to tackle HIV/AIDS. The title is taken from a NYT article's description of a partner of someone who died from an AIDS-related illness.
(1993) A critically-acclaimed film about the discovery of the virus, based on the 1987 book by Randy Shilts.
(2012) This documentary follows the AIDS outbreak and the uprising of protestors in the LGBT+ community (Glenn Garner, out.com).
(2003) This HBO miniseries revolves around 6 New Yorkers whose lives intersect. By using fantastical storytelling, it is an honest reflection of the social situation for HIV/AIDS patients in the mid 1980s. It swept the Tonys, Emmys and Golden Globes.
(2007) "An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community (IMDB)."
(2014) Larry Kramer's powerful, heart-breaking work comes to life in the HBO film about early HIV/AIDS fighters in New York City.
(1993) Tom Hanks plays a wronged lawyer fired after it is discovered he has HIV. It is one of the first Hollywood movies to address homophobia and depict a gay person in a positive light. The film won multiple Academy Awards.
(2005) One of the most iconic musicals of our time. Set against the AIDS-ridden East Village at the turn of the millennium.
(2009) A young woman with HIV strives for an education and a way out from her mother's abuse. Mo'Nique won the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, and Geoffrey Fletcher won for Best Adapted Screenplay.
(2013) After a Texas man finds out he has AIDS, he refuses to die without any resources and smuggles life-saving drugs from Mexico. Matthew McConaughey won an Academy Award for Best Actor, with Jared Leto winning Best Supporting Actor.