Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Nacimiento : 1946-07-11, Manhattan, New York, USA

Muerte : 1990-11-07

Historia

Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.

Perfil

Vito Russo

Películas

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Mientras enfrenta la ola de violencia contra las mujeres transgénero, la activista Victoria Cruz investiga la sospechosa muerte de su amiga Marsha P. Johnson en 1992.
Larry Kramer: En El Amor Y La Ira
Himself (archive footage)
Un documental sobre el legendario autor, activista y dramaturgo, Larry Kramer. Una de las figuras más importantes y controvertidas de la comunidad homosexual contemporánea estadounidense.
Vito
Himself
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first book to critique Hollywood's portrayals of gays on screen. During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Vito became a passionate advocate for justice via the newly formed ACT UP, before his death in 1990.
El celuloide oculto
Author
Documental sobre la homosexualidad en el cine, dirigido por el experto documentalista Rob Epstein (premiado con 2 Oscar) y Jeffrey Friedman (cineasta, productor y ayudante de montaje de, entre otras, "Toro Salvaje").
Voices from the Front
Himself
In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine days, only to die 48 hours after leaving the hospital. In 1988, thousands of activists hold the Food and Drug Administration under siege, demanding speedier drug approval. In 1990 AIDS activists converge on the National Institute of Health, calling for a more equitable clinical trial system and expanded research into new drugs and treatment. Voices From the Front, the first feature-length documentary on AIDS activism in America, makes clear the emotional and political effects of community activism using the voices of those directly engaged. It is a powerful distillation of pictures and words from events organized to change public consciousness, expose the failure of the health care systems, and challenge government inaction and neglect concerning AIDS.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Other
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A Very Natural Thing
When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push them apart. Mark wants other sexual adventures, David tries to go along. Can they talk through the crisis in their relationship or is a breakup in the offing? David sees his relationship with Mark as a marriage, so if it ends, can David's heart ever heal?