Donald is a young man dying of AIDS. His lover, James, asks his mother to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald’s mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.
Directed by John Erman
As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert’s departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert’s true motives for leaving while dealing with their circle of eccentric friends, including Nick, who is living with AIDS.
Director: Bill Sherwood
Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny’s father and his sister.
A young lawyer hasn’t told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them–at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence–that he has AIDS.
Director: John Erman
In 1994 Pedro Zamora was the first HIV-positive gay man to appear in a reality show on MTV. The audience of ‘The Real World: San Francisco’ identified easily with this intelligent, good-looking Latino. His presence on the show also meant that audiences in the United States and abroad had to engage with the topic of AIDS. A screen adaptation of Pedro Zamora’s life: his childhood in Havana as the youngest of eight children, his immigration to the United States, his hard work as an AIDS activist, his appearance on ‘The Real World’ as well as the short time that was left to him subsequently.
Director: Nick Oceano
The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.
Director: Norman René
Writer: Craig Lucas
Stars: Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Cousins, John Dossett, Mary-Louise Parker
Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory’s “significant other,” who is blind but who loves to explore the home’s garden using his sense of touch; Art and Perry, two “yuppies” who drive a Volvo and who celebrate their 14th anniversary together that summer; John, a dour expatriate Briton who loathes his twin brother James; Ramon, John’s “companion,” who is physically attracted to Bobby and immediately tries to seduce the blind man; James, a cheerful soul who is in the advanced stages of AIDS; and Buzz, a fan of traditional Broadway musicals who is dealing with his own HIV-positive status.
Director: Joe Mantello
