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Not a Simple Story/
Out in Silence
Actually two separate stories that work as companion pieces, they
present Asian Pacific Americans, gay and straight, male and female who
have courageously gone public about being HIV positive in order to dispel
the myth that Asian Americans do not get AIDS. "Not a Simple Story"
takes place in Hawaii and introduces a widowed mother of a young child
who is HIV positive herself and is the only Asian female AIDS activist.
"Out in Silence" tells us about a young gay man who left his
conservative family in Hawaii and struck out to become a singer. Upon
learning he was HIV positive he was shocked to discover how little Asian
Americans knew about the disease, and he now educates them through performances
by his gay theatre group and lectures to students. Both videos are directed
by Christine Choy.
Recommended for mature young adults
Date: 1994
Color
37 minutes
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