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No Sad Songs

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

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Duration63 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateJun 15, 1985

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.

Genres

  • Documentary

Casts

Martha Cronen

Martha

David MacLean

Monologue artist

David Roche

Fireman

David Sereda

Organist

Joe Norman Shaw

Joe Norman Shaw

Jim

Henry Van Rijk

Preacher

Ian Watson

Young man with AIDS