Visual Aids Movies

  • 2016
    Compulsive Practice

    Compulsive Practice

    Compulsive Practice

    02016HD

    For the 2016 Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS commissioned COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, a video compilation of compulsive, daily, and habitual practices by...

    Compulsive Practice
  • 2020
    Finding Purpose

    Finding Purpose

    Finding Purpose

    02020HD

    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...

    Finding Purpose
  • 2019
    I'm Still Me

    I'm Still Me

    I'm Still Me

    02019HD

    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...

    I'm Still Me
  • 2014
    Evidence

    Evidence

    Evidence

    02014HD

    In evidence, Julie Tolentino’s naked, moving body articulates backward on her hands and knees, balancing a cluster of Asian medicine cups. The...

    Evidence
  • 2020
    Ministry of Health

    Ministry of Health

    Ministry of Health

    02020HD

    Ministry of Health employs the aesthetics of horror movies and silent film to evoke the adverse effects of pharmaceuticals on four men living with...

    Ministry of Health
  • 2019
    Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution

    Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution

    Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution

    02019HD

    Viva Ruiz invites transgender AIDS activist, artist, and beloved friend Chloe Dzubilo (1960–2011) to speak via never before seen Hi-8 footage...

    Chloe Dzubilo: There is a Transolution
  • 2018
    The SPOT

    The SPOT

    The SPOT

    02018HD

    The SPOT (Safe Place Over Time) is dedicated to providing services and opportunities for wellness, empowerment, and leadership to young men in...

    The SPOT
  • 2021
    In the Future

    In the Future

    In the Future

    02021HD

    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...

    In the Future
  • 2020
    I take care of myself/I’m careful

    I take care of myself/I’m careful

    I take care of myself/I’m careful

    02020HD

    Me Cuido (I take care of myself/I’m careful) questions the relationship between colonial paradigms of health, religious guilt, and the...

    I take care of myself/I’m careful
  • 2017
    Stones and Water Weight

    Stones and Water Weight

    Stones and Water Weight

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    STONES & WATER WEIGHT responds to the need for new interpretations of HIV+ people. Mykki Blanco completes tasks that test the physical capabilities...

    Stones and Water Weight
  • 2019
    Much handled things are always soft

    Much handled things are always soft

    Much handled things are always soft

    02019HD

    Much handled things are always soft unearths the unwritten and undocumented histories of public sex culture in the south-side of Chicago. Through...

    Much handled things are always soft
  • 2020
    They Called it Love, But Was it Love?

    They Called it Love, But Was it Love?

    They Called it Love, But Was it Love?

    02020HD

    They Called it Love, But Was it Love? depicts scenes from the lives of kothis living in India. Reduced to a “risk group” by public health...

    They Called it Love, But Was it Love?
  • 2014
    Selections from the Ektachrome Archive

    Selections from the Ektachrome Archive

    Selections from the Ektachrome Archive

    02014HD

    Lyle Ashton Harris' Selections from the Ektachrome Archive 1986–1996 is a snapshot from 1986–1996, chronicling the moments—now...

    Selections from the Ektachrome Archive
  • 2019
    (eye, virus)

    (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...

    (eye, virus)
  • 2014
    7 Years Later

    7 Years Later

    7 Years Later

    02014HD

    For 7 Years Later, Glen Fogel visited his ex-boyfriend Nathan Lee in Providence, RI and videotaped a conversation between the two of them. They...

    7 Years Later
  • 2018
    Sero Project

    Sero Project

    Sero Project

    02018HD

    The Sero Project is a U.S.-based network of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and allies fighting for freedom from stigma and injustice. Sero is...

    Sero Project
  • 2018
    VOCAL-NY

    VOCAL-NY

    VOCAL-NY

    02018HD

    VOCAL-NY (Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders) is a New York-based grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people...

    VOCAL-NY
  • 2018
    Visual AIDS

    Visual AIDS

    Visual AIDS

    02018HD

    Working with artists, curators, and art institutions on a national and international scale, Visual AIDS has never stopped commissioning and...

    Visual AIDS
  • 2020
    Female Disappearance Syndrome

    Female Disappearance Syndrome

    Female Disappearance Syndrome

    02020HD

    Lucía Egaña Rojas challenges gendered representations of HIV and AIDS, investigating what Lina Meruane has termed “female...

    Female Disappearance Syndrome
  • 2021
    #Medstrike: Confronting the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

    #Medstrike: Confronting the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

    #Medstrike: Confronting the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

    02021HD

    A chronicle of Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad’s 2017 medication strike against the Mazzoni Center, a LGBT health clinic in Philadelphia, and the direct...

    #Medstrike: Confronting the Non-Profit Industrial Complex