David Weissman at SCENE - We Were Here

The first film to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival of AIDS, WE WERE HERE focuses on a small number of interviewees, all of whom lived in San Francisco before the epidemic hit. The stories they tell are not only intensely personal, but also address the much larger political and sexual complexities of that era.

WE WERE HERE explores what was not so easy to discern in the midst of it all – the parallel histories of suffering and loss, and of community coalescence and growth. Despite legitimate fears of being forced back into the closet by AIDS, the gay community was in many ways greatly empowered by the challenges that the epidemic presented. A celebration of a community coming together in a time of unimaginable crisis. 

EVENT INFORMATION

This screening will feature and pre-film introduction and post-film Q&A with the film's co-director David Weissman.

This event is presented in a pop up cinema in The Social and will require you to wear headphones throughout the screening and Q&A

FILM INFORMATION

• Event Location: The Social, ground floor at Aviva Studios
• Director/s: David Weissman
• Screening Duration: 90mins
• Post Screening Q&A: 30mins
• Age Rating: 18
• Language: English

Please Note: Purchase of a 'Standard Ticket' includes the post screening Q&A.