![]() BROADCAST features contemporary artists’ responses to the ongoing AIDS crisis through the medium of video. This event is organized in tandem with BROADCAST, a screening series organized by Visual AIDS in New York City. What Would an HIV Doula Do? is a collective of people who create culture and community in response to the ongoing AIDS crisis. “If there’s one lesson to be taken from the history of organizing, it’s… the power of placing one’s body in ways that challenge empire.” - Jawanza James Williams, VOCAL NY. After a short break we’ll hold facilitated small group discussions in response to the films. ![]() Eight short films will be shown with a runtime of about 43 minutes. These videos are about interactions with oneself, community, and the state upon diagnosis and beyond.ĭoors open at 6:30, with the program beginning at 7. In the videos we see how HIV can trouble close relationships while also creating complex and necessary connections to social movements. WE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE, named after the iconic Rihanna song, frames intimacy as a public and political matter explored through a range of responses, including radicality, boredom, and keen pop sensibilities. Navigating joy, anger, and acceptance, what emerges is a tension we call intimacy. ![]() Join us on Saturday, July 30th at 7pm for WE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE at KNOW/HOW Books and Print for an evening of short films and small group discussion curated by What Would an HIV Doula Do? in partnership with VisualAIDS.įrom protesting to kissing, cruising, or swallowing a bunch of pills, people living with HIV develop new relationships with ourselves and others after diagnosis.
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