No Sad Songs

No Sad Songs

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

3.5

English/63 min./1985

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

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