Living with AIDS explained

Director:	Tina Di Feliciantonio
Distributor:	PBS

Living with AIDS is a 1987 documentary film directed by Tina Di Feliciantonio that achieved some recognition and awards within the film industry and earned Di Feliciantonio an Emmy.^{[1] [2]} Part of the AIDS Film Project, it was one of the first films broadcast on PBS about AIDS when it premiered on July 19, 1988.^{[3] [4]} The film tells the story of Todd Coleman and the people who cared for him during his final weeks.^[5]

Coleman moved from Denver to San Francisco at the age of 16 and was diagnosed with AIDS at 21. DiFeliciantonio was a graduate student at Stanford and decided to film his care as a way of showing the world another side of the AIDS epidemic.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Hitchens . Gordon . New York EXPO Exposes Shorts . 5 July 2021 . International Documentary Association . 1 January 1998 . en.
2. Web site: Naked Eye Productions » Living with AIDS . 5 July 2021.
3. News: Thomas . Kevin . AIDS Film Project to Launch Tour at Nuart . 5 July 2021 . Los Angeles Times . 8 April 1988.
4. News: Film Description Living With AIDS POV PBS . 5 July 2021 . POV American Documentary Inc. . 23 January 1988.
5. News: The AIDS Film Project . 5 July 2021 . The Chicago Tribune . 23 June 1988 . en.
6. News: O'Connor . John J. . Review/Television; Of Survivalism and the AIDS Crisis . 5 July 2021 . The New York Times . 19 July 1988.