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Vito

Duration :

94

Summary: He was the founding father of the gay-liberation movement, a passionate cinephile, and fervent AIDS activist. This touching and heartfelt profile of Vito Russo reveals the story of one of the most outspoken and inspiring activists who fought for the gay community right up to his death in 1990. Period footage, film clips and interviews provide a bittersweet journey of contemporary gay culture by way of Russo who incorporated gay activism into his work as a film scholar and critic with his touring-show-turned-book "The Celluloid Closet." (TV14) (AC,AL)

PRODUCER : Jeffrey Schwarz,Bryan Singer,Sheila Nevins

DIRECTOR : Jeffrey Schwarz

Genre : Documentary

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