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We Were Here

2011 TBC

Overall rating: 4 out of 5
from 28 members

WE WERE HERE is the first documentary to take a reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the City's inhabitants were affected by the tragedy, and how they eventually triumphed over the calamitous epidemic. WE WERE HERE extends beyond San Francisco and beyond the human toll of AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination. Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary, THE COCKETTES, chronicling San Francisco's legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 1972. WE WERE HERE revisits the city a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster. It tells the forgotten story of not only all the lives lost during this time, but of those that lived, and their courageous and extraordinary achievement.

We Were Here details

Format:	TBC DVD
Starring:	Ed Wolf, Paul Boneberg, Daniel Goldstein
Directors:	David Weissman, Bill Weber
Genres:	Documentary - General, Gay/Lesbian - General

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
We Were Here	TBC Feature

DVD Information

Rental release:	Not currently released
Main languages:	English

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A very moving and well crafted piece. . .

By a customer , 07 Feb 2012

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This documentary takes you on a personal journey through one of the worst times for the gay community in San Francisco. Before watching it I didn't have any idea of the timeline of the HIV/AIDS virus, however the director conveys the attitude in the San Francisco area before the disease becomes wide spread and then allows the interviewees to talk you through the loves, lives and at times the heart wrenching pain that they go through as their loved ones and their friends die from what starts out being called the 'gay cancer'.

I watched this film without any real idea of the content, but I am so pleased that I watched it. Powerful, personal, and very well directed, I finished the film with a better understanding as it really opened my eyes to HIV/AIDS and how it effects people on a personal level, however I wouldn't watch this film if were looking for something up lifting but please give the film a try.

I have given 4 stars as I think it is a great piece of work however the end just seems to wrap up too quickly, only in the last 5 minutes though.
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A very moving and well crafted piece. . .

By a customer , 07 Feb 2012

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This documentary takes you on a personal journey through one of the worst times for the gay community in San Francisco. Before watching it I didn't have any idea of the timeline of the HIV/AIDS virus, however the director conveys the attitude in the San Francisco area before the disease becomes wide spread and then allows the interviewees to talk you through the loves, lives and at times the heart wrenching pain that they go through as their loved ones and their friends die from what starts out being called the 'gay cancer'.

I watched this film without any real idea of the content, but I am so pleased that I watched it. Powerful, personal, and very well directed, I finished the film with a better understanding as it really opened my eyes to HIV/AIDS and how it effects people on a personal level, however I wouldn't watch this film if were looking for something up lifting but please give the film a try.

I have given 4 stars as I think it is a great piece of work however the end just seems to wrap up too quickly, only in the last 5 minutes though.
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