Silence = Death is a 1990 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.[1][2]

Silence = Death
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Screenplay by	Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim Michael Lupetin
Starring	Allen Ginsberg Keith Haring David Wojnarowicz Paul Smith
Cinematography	Mike Kuchar
Edited by	Rosa von Praunheim Mike Shephard
Production company	Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Distributed by	First Run Features.
Release date	4 May 1990 (1990-05-04)
Running time	60 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Language	English

Plot

The film centers on the responses of gay artists in New York City to the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include Allen Ginsberg, Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz.[3]

Production notes

Silence = Death is the second part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS-Trilogy.

Awards

• 1990: Queer Film Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival (together with Positive)[4]

Reception

The Guardian, one of Britain's most important newspapers, wrote in 1992: "Silence = Death and Positive: The best AIDS films to date [...]."[5] The Los Angeles Times summed it up: "In short, Praunheim is just the man for the job he has taken on with Silence = Death and Positive: he has the breadth of vision, the compassion and the militance and, yes, the sense of humor necessary to tackle the AIDS epidemic in all its aspects."[6] The renowned critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote in the newspaper The Record: "[...] Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as Silence & Death and A Virus Knows No Morals."[7]

See also

• Silence=Death Project

References

External links

• Silence = Death at IMDb