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Silverlake Life: The View From Here

Premiere Date: June 15, 1993

Synopsis

Winner of over 10 international awards including the Prix Italia and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Silverlake Life: The View From Here is an extraordinary video diary about living with AIDS. This landmark film documents, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and Mark Massi. From the emotional challenge of living with a fatal illness to the frustration of maintaining daily routines, this is a powerful tale of love, commitment, mortality and the strength of the human spirit.

TAGS: aids, commitment, hiv, love, mortality

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Ms

A part of me didn't want to watch this movie but I had to; a dear friend of mine passed about 5 years ago from AIDS. We were connected on a level that I have never been connected to anyone before. He was my friend, he loved, and laughed and taught me how to grieve; I will never forget him.

by Deborah Marr from Kansas City, MO
September 9, 2009, 12:11 AM

I first saw this film in 1993 when I lived in Atlanta and my partner was first diagnosed with HIV. I was moved and terrified by the film. It was a raw experience with a disease that neither of us really understood. In the intervening years I lost many friends. The epidemic IS NOT over. My ex-partner of eleven years became HIV positive this year. We really haven't learned any lessons.

by George from San Francisco, CA
November 3, 2009, 1:30 AM

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Filmmakers

Tom Joslin

Tom Joslin

Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Critical Acclaim

A testament to an extraordinary relationship, a love story in extremis.”

— David Ansen,
Newsweek

Extraordinarily moving... no one who sees it through to its unexpectedly buoyant final scene will regret the time spent or be unchanged by the experience.”

— Kenneth Turan,
LA Times

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