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 series “100 Photos” about the most influential photographs of all time, features photographer Therese Frare, former Benetton creative director Oliviero Toscani, and the artists and AIDS activists Tom Kalin and Marlene McCarty.
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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...
