We Were Here
Stars
4
Rating
Not Rated
Author
Length
90 min
Director
David Weissman, Bill Weber;
Synopsis
"We Were Here is a 2011 documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco. . . . The film focuses on 5 different interviews of people that had a protagonist role during the epidemic. These people are, in order of appearance:
Ed Wolf, a counselor to many gay men
Paul Boneberg, a political activist
Daniel Goldstein, an HIV+ artist who lost 2 partners to AIDS
Guy Clark, a black dancer who ran a corner flower stand near the Castro, supplying flowers to many funerals
Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who helped administer clinical trials for antiretroviral drugs." [Wikipedia] By the time of available testing, about 50% of gay men in San Francisco were infected. Between 1994 and 1997, the number of yearly AIDS deaths declined from 1592 to 422; by that point, 15,548 people in San Francisco had died in the epidemic.
Ed Wolf, a counselor to many gay men
Paul Boneberg, a political activist
Daniel Goldstein, an HIV+ artist who lost 2 partners to AIDS
Guy Clark, a black dancer who ran a corner flower stand near the Castro, supplying flowers to many funerals
Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who helped administer clinical trials for antiretroviral drugs." [Wikipedia] By the time of available testing, about 50% of gay men in San Francisco were infected. Between 1994 and 1997, the number of yearly AIDS deaths declined from 1592 to 422; by that point, 15,548 people in San Francisco had died in the epidemic.
Genre
Historical
Released
2011
Location
United States
Period
AIDS first in San Francisco in about 1976;
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Disaster
-3800
2020
Transcultural
Cold War (U.S.) & Counterculture
1945
1991
United States