Directed by Matt Wolf • 2012 • United States
Modesty, whimsy, and clarity of design grace the work of Joe Brainard, an artist and writer whose evocations of memory and desire perhaps found their greatest expression in his memoir-poem “I Remember.” Here, filmmaker Matt Wolf returns to this classic work, creating an archival montage that combines Brainard’s own readings with an interview with his lifelong friend and collaborator, the poet Ron Padgett. The result is an inventive biography of Brainard, and an elliptical dialogue about friendship, nostalgia, and the strange wonders of memory.
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The Face of AIDS
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2016 • United States
Therese Frare’s photograph of the AIDS activist David Kirby on his deathbed incited international controversy when it was used in a United Colors of Benetton advertisement in 1992. This short documentary, commissioned by “Time” magazine for their seri...
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Bayard & Me
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2017 • United States
Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s, Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend, Walter Naegle, to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story...
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Another Hayride
Directed by Matt Wolf • 2021 • United States
As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a space for healing called the Hayride. Drawing hundreds of gay men confronting a deadly and stigmatized disease, Louise promised that they could overcome AIDS throug...
