16mm Film Screening - Rosa von Praunheim's 'A Virus Knows No Morals'

Wed Oct 05 2022 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

Seward Park Library | New York

New York Public Library
Publisher/HostNew York Public Library
16mm Film Screening - Rosa von Praunheim's 'A Virus Knows No Morals' This underground farce by a filmmaker of the New German Cinema is a black comedy concerning everyone's worst fears about AIDS.
About this Event

This underground farce by a filmmaker of the New German Cinema is a black comedy concerning everyone's worst fears about AIDS. Created during the 1980s, the film is irreverent yet serious, covering various aspects of the AIDS epidemic, including misconceptions, effects and political ramifications. Among the characters who appear in this contemporary cautionary tale are a student of religious music, the owner of a gay sauna who is his lover, a woman scientist overtaxed by the AIDS problem, a tabloid reporter, a psychotherapist who believes that the disease is psychosomatic, and a male nurse who is also a revolutionary working to force victims and the state to confront AIDS.




In the early Sixties my anger was directed against my anxious gay friends. They easily gave in, didn't fight back, and lived very hidden lives full of fear. I had nobody to talk to about gay politics and gay art. [...] In the early years of the AIDS crisis, I was very angry that most gays seemed so ignorant, especially the left-wings gays who didn't believe in safer sex. It seemed more important to them to defend sexual freedom.


—Rosa von Praunheim in an interview with Ger Zielinski, Cineaste


While no registration is required, you may register if you wish to receive a reminder a day before/day of the screening, as well as notifications about possible postponements or cancellations.


This screening will take place in-person at the Seward Park branch.


Parental guidance under 18.

Event Venue

Seward Park Library, 192 East Broadway, New York, United States

Tickets

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