We Were Here (film)
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| Produced by | David Weissman |
| Music by | Holcombe Waller |
| Cinematography | Marsha Kahm |
| Edited by | Bill Weber |
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Release dates
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September 2011 (USA) |
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Running time
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90 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
We Were Here is a 2011 documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco.[1] The film, produced and directed by David Weissman with editor/ co-director and Bill Weber, premièred at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, The Berlin International Film Festival in February 2011 and had its theatrical première at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on February 25, 2011.
People interviewed
The film focuses on 5 different interviews of people that had a protagonist role during the epidemic. These people are, in order of appearance:
- Ed Wolf, a counselor to many gay men[2]
- Paul Boneberg, a political activist[2]
- Daniel Goldstein, an HIV+ artist who lost 2 partners to AIDS[2]
- Guy Clark, a black dancer who ran a florist's in Castro, supplying flowers to many funerals[2]
- Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who helped administer clinical trials of antiretroviral drugs[2]
Reception
It holds a 100% "certified fresh" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 94 rating on Metacritic, the highest among films of 2011.
Awards
| Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Documentary | Nominated | [3] |
| Dorian Awards | Documentary of the Year | Won | [4] |
| LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year | Won | [4] | |
| GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Documentary | Nominated | [5] |
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated | [6] |
| Mumbai Queer Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature, Jury award | Won | [4] |
| Miami International Film Festival | Knight Dox Competition, Grand Jury Prize | Nominated | [4] |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | Best Feature Documentary Film, Jury Award | Honorable mention | [7] |
| Sundance Film Festival | Documentary, Grand Jury Prize | Nominated | [4] |
See also
- And the Band Played On (1993)
- How to Survive a Plague (2012)
References
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- Official website
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- HIV/AIDS in the United States
- Documentary films about LGBT topics
- Documentary films about San Francisco, California
- LGBT history in San Francisco, California
