Dear Friends,
In anticipation of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, The Film Collaborative is proud to announce an extraordinarily powerful and inspiring film, WE WERE HERE, by David Weissman (The Cockettes, Sundance 2002).
Slated for its world premiere at Sundance (U.S. Documentary Competition) and followed by an international premiere at Berlinale, WE WERE HERE is perhaps the most important AIDS-themed doc in nearly a decade. Chronicling the arc of the crisis in a way that's both historic and emotionally uplifting, WE WERE HERE is perfectly timed for the 30 anniversary of the first cases identified in 1981.
The Film Collaborative is advising on distribution and working in association with Producer's Rep Jonathan Dana.
For additional details, as well as the Sundance schedule for the film, see below…
We Were Here
ABOUT THE FILM:
WE WERE HERE is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. From the team that created THE COCKETTES, WE WERE HERE explores how the City’s inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, WE WERE HERE extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.
2011 | USA | HDCAM | Color | 90 min.
DIRECTOR: David Weissman
PRODUCERS: David Weissman
EDITOR/CO-DIRECTOR: BILL WEBER
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marsha Kahm
MUSIC: Holcombe Waller
WEBSITE: WEWEREHEREFILM.COM
Images from the film (click to enlarge):
SUNDANCE SCHEDULE:
| type | date | time | venue | location |
| PUBLIC | Saturday, January 22 | noon | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| INDUSTRY | Saturday, January 22 | 7:30 p.m. | Holiday Village Cinema II | Park City |
| PUBLIC | Sunday, January 23 | 3:45 p.m. | Broadway Centre Cinema V | Salt Lake City |
| PUBLIC | Monday, January 24 | 9:00 p.m. | Temple Theatre | Park City |
| PUBLIC | Wednesday, January 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Yarrow Hotel Theatre | Park City |
| PUBLIC | Friday, January 28 | 8:30 a.m. | Holiday Village Cinema III | Park City |
Publicity
MPRM
Mark Pogachefsky
Guido Gotz