Sex Positive
What if you knew a deadly epidemic was coming and no one would believe you?
Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has never been aptly credited. Mr. Berkowitz emerged from the epicenter of the epidemic demanding a solution to the problem before the outside world would take heed. Now destitute and alone, Mr. Berkowitz tells his story to a world who never wanted to listen.
Cast
Richard Berkowitz
Self
Michael Callen
Self (archive footage)
Larry Kramer
Self
Susan Brown
Self
Sean O. Strub
Self
Norma Connolly
Self
Gabriel Rotello
Self
Edmund White
Self
Michael Lucas
Self
Storyline
Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has never been aptly credited. Mr. Berkowitz emerged from the epicenter of the epidemic demanding a solution to the problem before the outside world would take heed. Now destitute and alone, Mr. Berkowitz tells his story to a world who never wanted to listen.
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