About this project
Pictured above: ACT UP activist Keri Duran (1962-1995) at the second CDC demonstration in 1990.
ABOUT THE FILM
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is the first feature-length documentary about how ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), a small group of men and women of all races and classes, came together to change the world and save each other’s lives. The film takes the viewer through the planning and execution of a dozen exhilarating major actions including Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation, with a timeline of many of the other zaps and actions that forced the U.S. government and mainstream media to deal with the AIDS crisis. UNITED IN ANGER reveals the group’s complex culture – meetings, affinity groups, and approaches to civil disobedience mingle with profound grief, sexiness, and the incredible energy of ACT UP.
WHY WE MADE THIS FILM
Sarah Schulman and I have been conducting and disseminating the ACT UP Oral History Project and struggling to make this film over the past 10 years because we feel it is critical that the world know about the efforts of ACT UP to counter the government neglect and the distortions of the mainstream press in response to the AIDS crisis in America. We know this film has the power to educate and inspire younger generations to make social change.
HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP
The film is nearly finished, and we need your help to cover post production costs of editing, color correction, archival footage and music rights. We've just begun the process of distribution, and your contribution will help us get this film out into the world. We are raising the bare minimum needed to begin the distribution process. Any additional funds will help us reach more and more people, and work towards our ultimate goal of getting this film into the curriculum of colleges around the world.
YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE
United in Anger is a film of the ACT UP Oral History Project, a program of MIX NYC, a 501c3 non-profit. Your donation is tax-deductible (less the value of any reward you may choose). We're happy to provide a tax deduction letter upon request!
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Jim in his original ACT UP sweatshirt, Seize Control of the FDA action.
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2 autographed movie posters + Copy of an archival interview used in the film (Your Choice) + Copy of Jim Hubbard's short film Elegy in the Streets (1989) on DVD + Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film + thank you on Facebook or Twitter and on the United in Anger website. Please add $15 for international orders.
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One hour Skype consultation with the Director + Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on Facebook or Twitter and on the United in Anger website.
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Jim Hubbard's original ACT UP sweatshirt, size Medium, worn at the Seize Control of the FDA action. Copy of Jim Hubbard's short film Elegy in the Streets (1989) on DVD + Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film.
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Tarot card reading by Sarah Schulman. Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on our website, and Facebook or Twitter.
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5 autographed first-edition books by Sarah Schulman (your choice). Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on our website, and Facebook or Twitter.
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A private screening with the Producer and Director with Q&A. NYC only, travel not included. Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on our website, and Facebook and Twitter.
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Dinner prepared for you at Sarah Schulman's home. Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on our website, and Facebook or Twitter.
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A private screening with the Producer and Director with Q&A. Will travel anywhere in the U.S. Jim Hubbard's short film Elegy in the Streets DVD + Special Kickstarter Limited Edition DVD of the film. Thank you on our website, and Facebook or Twitter.
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Jim Hubbard, Director
Jim has been making films since 1974, co-founded MIX: New York City's Queer Experimental Film Festival in 1987, and co-founded the ACT UP Oral History Project in 2000. Among his 19 other films are Elegy in the Streets (1989), Two Marches(1991), The Dance (1992) and Memento Mori(1995), which won Best Short Film at the Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 1995. He created the AIDS Activist Video Collection at the New York Public Library, curated the series Fever in the Archive: AIDS Activist Videotapes for the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and co-curated the series Another Wave: Recent Global Queer Cinema at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Sarah Schulman, Producer
Sarah is the author of 17 books, most recently The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination (University of California Press), Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences (The New Press) and the novel, The Mere Future (Arsenal Pulp Press.) She is co-founder, with Jim of the ACT UP Oral History Project and MIX: New York's Queer Experimental Film Festival, now in its 25th season. Sarah is a Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.
