We Were Here is a powerful and evocative documentary about the emergence of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980's and its subsequent devastating effect on a city; San Francisco. It accurately reflects the confusion surrounding the underlying cause - why did it mainly affect the Gay community and drug users and in what way were these two groups connected?
The impact of this catastrophic outbreak on real people is portrayed; their bewilderment and helplessness as they tried to come to terms with what was happening to them with no cure in sight and their pain and... suffering as they watched friends and acquaintances endure frightening traumatic lonely deaths.
This film takes its audience a step further, beyond the AIDS epidemic itself, prompting deep reflection on Society and its ability to deal with possible future calamitous disasters. [show more]
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Documentary about the breakout of AIDS in San Francisco in the early 1980s. During the 1970s, San Francisco had a very open gay community where men and women were able to enjoy a sense of freedom denied them in most other cities in America. However, when AIDS began to spread it caused a huge increase in deaths in the city, as it did around the world. The film focuses on the impact of the disease on the people of San Francisco and how the community rallied together to support one another through the crisis.
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