We Were Here
- Director: David Weissman; Bill Weber
- Producer: David Weissman
CGiii Comment
For those of a certain age...
The pain, the anguish, the reaction...all told with an elegant composure.
The directors certainly knew what they were doing - a definitive documentary on the tragedy of the epidemic.
Humbling.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
'We Were Here' is the first film to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco, and how the City's inhabitants dealt with that unprecedented calamity. It explores what was not so easy to discern in the midst of it all - the parallel histories of suffering and loss, and of community coalescence and empowerment. Though this is a San Francisco based story, the issues it addresses extend not only beyond San Francisco but also beyond AIDS itself. 'We Were Here' speaks to our societal relationship to death and illness, our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and the importance of community in addressing unimaginable crises.