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Sex Positive (2009) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2009 · 75 mins · English
- Directed by
- Daryl Wein
- Starring
- Larry Kramer, Michael Lucas, Susan Brown, Norma Connolly, Richard Berkowitz, Edmund White
Sex Positive chronicles Richard Berkowitz, a gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s who helped pioneer safe‑sex practices but was largely uncredited. From the epidemic’s epicenter he demanded a solution before authorities responded. Now impoverished and alone, he recounts his untold story to a world that once ignored him.
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