AIDS, Death and Dying
Discussion Queer Café
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, Department of english on FF MU Brno
With the advent of AIDS as an issue in films about the GLBT community,
how does the “expectation of the death of characters with AIDS” play to
or push back against the stereotype of gay and lesbian characters
having to die that has been so prevalent in mainstream Western films
since the 1950s (e.g. Rebel Without A Cause, The Children’s Hour, to
name but two of the most well-known examples)? Films that may be
discussed include Philadelphia (USA, 1993), Zero Patience (Canada,
1993) and Angels in America (USA, 2003).
BRNO: 6.11. | 16:00 | Café Sausalito, Veveří 10
Free entry