Silverlake Life: The View from Here
Screened in April 2009
Directors: Tom Joslin & Peter Friedman. Documentary record of the filmmaker's own final months of living with HIV/AIDS, and with his HIV-positive partner of 22 years. With Tom Joslin, Mark Massi, Mary Joslin, Charlie Joslin, Whitey Joslin, Peter Friedman.
Twitter Capsule: Devastating chronicle of couple's succumbing to HIV, made sublime by bracing honesty and love

Photo © 1993 Zeitgeist Films/Judy Linn
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Teddy Award (Documentary)
Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize (Documentary; tie); Freedom of Expression Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award

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