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AIDS The Unheard Tapes – tragedy and joy from voices no longer with us

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  In the 1980s and 90s, as a new and apparently unstoppable disease ravaged the gay community, volunteers began to record for posterity interviews with the men infected with what would eventually be identified as the HIV virus, and with their friends. The tapes are now archived at the British Library and have never been broadcast … Continue reading





Can You Bring It : Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

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  This compelling powerful documentary tells the story behind the most celebrated and performed work by the iconic queer choreographer Bill T Jones.  He created ‘D-Man In The Waters’ in 1989 one year after losing his life partner the dancer/choreographer Arnie Zane to AIDS.  It was the height of the pandemic that was decimating the … Continue reading



Carlos Jáuregui : The Unforgettable Fag

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In this documentary that tells the story of the leading Argentinian LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui, someone comments at one point ‘it’s important for our community to know where we have come from’  to which we would add, it is equally vital that we know who propelled us along the way too.  Every LGBT community has a hero, … Continue reading



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