Fig Trees
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| Date: | Thursday 12 November |
| Time: | 6.30 pm |
| Venue: | State Cinema 375 Elizabeth St, North Hobart |
| Price: | Full $15 GLCC Members & Conc $12 |
| Booking: | Presales available from the box office of State Cinema during normal opening hours. Tickets at the door ONLY if not sold out. |
| Details: | Exempt from classification – viewers must be 18 and over |
Dir. John Greyson, Canada, 2009, 104min, English We can promise you, you have never seen anything quite like this documentary opera (yes,
it's an opera) on the history of AIDS activism.
Combining commentary on the corporate greed of pharmaceutical companies, the fictional beatification of its victims, the complex connection of these events to Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson, celebrity do-gooders, and the top 100 AIDS songs of all time… all narrated by a squirrel… this experimental masterpiece will bend your mind into a profound clarity.
Beautifully staged and filmed arias are blended with the testimonies of AIDS activists Tim McCaskell and Zackie Achmat as we revisit South Africa of the nineties, a country suffering both heart-breaking neglect and infuriating denial. Awarded Best Documentary from the Berlin
International Film Festival.
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