Visual Aids Movies
- 2016
Compulsive Practice
Compulsive Practice02016HD
For the 2016 Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS commissioned COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, a video compilation of compulsive, daily, and habitual practices by...
- 2014
Evidence
Evidence02014HD
In evidence, Julie Tolentino’s naked, moving body articulates backward on her hands and knees, balancing a cluster of Asian medicine cups. The...
- 2021
滴水希望 (Hope Drops)
滴水希望 (Hope Drops)02021HD
A collaborative video project made with women living in Taiwan who use their cameras to process stress and stigma, and to share their experiences...
- 2019
Much handled things are always soft
Much handled things are always soft02019HD
Much handled things are always soft unearths the unwritten and undocumented histories of public sex culture in the south-side of Chicago. Through...
- 2020
This is Right: Zak, Life and After
This is Right: Zak, Life and After02020HD
This is Right: Zak, Life and After is a portrait of Zak Kostopoulos, a well-known queer AIDS activist who was publicly lynched to death in Athens in...
- 2021
I Am... a Long-Term AIDS Survivor
I Am... a Long-Term AIDS Survivor02021HD
Through a chorus of voices, Steed Taylor explores the difficulties of being a long-term AIDS survivor and the unexpected health problems facing many...
- 2019
The Lie
The Lie02019HD
The Lie is the latest in an ongoing series of short films by Carl George drawing on found footage and materials from the artist’s archive....
- 2020
I take care of myself/I’m careful
I take care of myself/I’m careful02020HD
Me Cuido (I take care of myself/I’m careful) questions the relationship between colonial paradigms of health, religious guilt, and the...
- 2021
Voices at the Gate
Voices at the Gate02021HD
Voices at the Gate juxtaposes the bucolic landscapes inhabited by women’s prisons with archival and contemporary audio recordings of poems,...
- 2019
Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution
Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution02019HD
Viva Ruiz invites transgender AIDS activist, artist, and beloved friend Chloe Dzubilo (1960–2011) to speak via never before seen Hi-8 footage...
- 2021
The Mersey Model
The Mersey Model02021HD
Danny Kilbride interviews Professor John Ashton, a public health official who helped institute the Mersey Model of Harm Reduction in Liverpool in...
- 2019
I Remember Dancing
I Remember Dancing02019HD
I Remember Dancing brings together an intergenerational cast of "trans and queer gaysians" ruminating on the past and future of AIDS, activism, gay...
- 2020
Female Disappearance Syndrome
Female Disappearance Syndrome02020HD
Lucía Egaña Rojas challenges gendered representations of HIV and AIDS, investigating what Lina Meruane has termed “female...
- 2021
In the Future
In the Future02021HD
In the Future tells the stories of people living with HIV in Mexico who have been unable to access treatment because of government corruption and...
- 2017
Stones and Water Weight
Stones and Water Weight02017HD
STONES & WATER WEIGHT responds to the need for new interpretations of HIV+ people. Mykki Blanco completes tasks that test the physical capabilities...
- 2018
The SPOT
The SPOT02018HD
The SPOT (Safe Place Over Time) is dedicated to providing services and opportunities for wellness, empowerment, and leadership to young men in...
- 2018
Positive Women's Network - USA
Positive Women's Network - USA02018HD
Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) is a national membership body of women living with HIV and allies that exists to strengthen the...
- 2019
I'm Still Me
I'm Still Me02019HD
I'm Still Me explores how digital platforms have created community and connections for Sian, a Black woman living with HIV and navigating the stigma...
- 2019
(eye, virus)
(eye, virus)02019HD
Through an experimental collage of video and pictographs, (eye, virus) explores how conversations around disclosure, stigma, and harm reduction shift...
- 2020
Finding Purpose
Finding Purpose02020HD
Finding Purpose reflects on the experience of producing a film about the lives of teens born with HIV in Uganda and the pervasive stigma that...