Silence = Death
- Director: Trace Pope
- Writer: Trace Pope
- Producer: Kate Hanson, Tola Omilana, Angelo Pitsillis
CGiii Comment
Our only quibble...don't use a title/poster that had such significance then...yes, [we know] you are making a point...but...
Apart from that [repetitive but]...a mighty film. Production values...through the roof! Message received, loud and clear...
But [yet, again], remember those who lived, survived, fought and suffered throughout it all. And then, most importantly, for those who didn't.
Still grieving. Always will...that came across.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
On May 21, 1990, roughly 1,000 activists and members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) marched on the Bethesda, Maryland campus of the National Institute of Health to protest the lack of available drugs to treat HIV/AIDS. Dr. Anthony Fauci, then director of the NIAID (the AIDS arm of the NIH), watches as the activists march around his building, demanding inclusion in his clinical research committees. Meanwhile, a young gay filmmaker captures the events of the protest while attempting to deliver a package to Fauci. As the demonstrations threaten to upend the scientists' work, both men are forced to reckon with the meaning of power and responsibility.
Cast & Characters
Henry Storrs (as Dr. Anthony Fauci)
Elliot Jones (as Jamie)
Shane Campayne (as Patrick)
Christine Kellogg-Darrin (as Maxine)
Lucas DeNies (as Peter)
Donato Fatuesi (as Linda)
B.G. Grey (as Dr. Daniel Hoth)
Patrick Anthony (as Scientist 2 (Robert))
Julian Garcia (as Cop 2)
Liz Kennedy (as Co-Worker 2)
Destiny Faith Nelson (as Nurse)
Kate Torri (as Scientist 3)
Shelby Lewis (as Co-Worker 1)
John Say (as Cop 1)
Blake Massad (as Jeff)
Emon Elboudwarej (as Scientist 1)