The florist who survived San Francisco's Aids epidemic, a triumph for Iranian cinema, and a lifetime achievement gong for Stephen Frears
He's still there
One of the most charismatic characters I've seen all year is in the wistful documentary We Were Here. The film, directed by David Weissman, looks back at how the Aids epidemic swept through San Francisco's gay community in the early 1980s. The story is told through the testimonies of a few survivors, people who were in the city's Castro neighbourhood, before the "gay plague" hit, and are still there now. One such man is Guy Clark, an African American who came to San Francisco in the mid-70s and set up a flower stall on the corner of Castro Street.
Sadly, his blooms became used for thousands of funerals during the worst years of the epidemic, but he himself lives to tell many stories in this very fine documentary.
He's still there
One of the most charismatic characters I've seen all year is in the wistful documentary We Were Here. The film, directed by David Weissman, looks back at how the Aids epidemic swept through San Francisco's gay community in the early 1980s. The story is told through the testimonies of a few survivors, people who were in the city's Castro neighbourhood, before the "gay plague" hit, and are still there now. One such man is Guy Clark, an African American who came to San Francisco in the mid-70s and set up a flower stall on the corner of Castro Street.
Sadly, his blooms became used for thousands of funerals during the worst years of the epidemic, but he himself lives to tell many stories in this very fine documentary.
- 11/20/2011
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
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