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Feature film — 2009

Sex Positive (2009)

4.91h 15mDocumentary

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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Director: Daryl Wein

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Richard Berkowitz

Self

Michael Callen as Self (archive footage)

Michael Callen

Self (archive footage)

Larry Kramer as Self

Larry Kramer

Self

Susan Brown as Self

Susan Brown

Self

Sean O. Strub as Self

Sean O. Strub

Self

Norma Connolly as Self

Norma Connolly

Self

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Gabriel Rotello

Self

Edmund White as Self

Edmund White

Self

Michael Lucas as Self

Michael Lucas

Self

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