No Sad Songs (1985)

ALL 06/15/1985 (en) Documentary 63 Min
  • Release
    06/15/1985
  • Production
    AIDS Committee of Toronto, Cell Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    35%
  • Original title
    No Sad Songs
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

Overview

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

  1. Nik Sheehan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Nik Sheehan

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Martha Cronen

    Martha

  2. David MacLean

    Monologue artist

  3. David Roche

    Fireman

  4. David Sereda

    Organist

  5. Joe Norman Shaw

    Jim

  6. Henry Van Rijk

    Preacher

  7. Ian Watson

    Young man with AIDS

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 6

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No Sad Songs (1985) 63 Min

ALL 06/15/1985 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 06/15/1985
  • Production
    AIDS Committee of Toronto, Cell Productions
  • Original title No Sad Songs
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

Overview

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

  1. Nik Sheehan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Nik Sheehan

    Producer