Silence = Death

Silence = Death is a 1990 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.[1]

Silence = Death
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay byRosa von Praunheim
Produced byRosa von Praunheim
Michael Lupetin
StarringAllen Ginsberg
Keith Haring
David Wojnarowicz
Paul Smith
CinematographyMike Kuchar
Edited byRosa von Praunheim
Mike Shephard
Production
company
Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed byFirst Run Features.
Release date
  • 4 May 1990 (1990-05-04)
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesUnited States
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film centers on the responses of gay artists in New York City to the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include Allen Ginsberg, Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz.[2]

Production notes

Silence = Death is the second part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS-Trilogy.

Awards

Reception

The Guardian, one of Britain's most important newspapers, wrote in 1992: "Silence = Death and Positive: The best AIDS films to date [...]."[4] The Los Angeles Times summed it up: "In short, Praunheim is just the man for the job he has taken on with Silence = Death and Positive: he has the breadth of vision, the compassion and the militance and, yes, the sense of humor necessary to tackle the AIDS epidemic in all its aspects."[5] The renowned critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote in the newspaper The Record: "[...] Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as Silence & Death and A Virus Knows No Morals."[6]

References
  1. Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1990). "Review/Film; Of AIDS, Frustration And Fury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  2. Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1880707012. p. 109
  3. "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb.
  4. "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  5. "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  6. "Playing the fool". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (University of California) - The Record, 1995. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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