Silverlake Life: The View From Here

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Title

Silverlake Life: The View From Here

Subject

documentary, gay, AIDS

Description

Acquired for research for my doctoral disseration, then monograph, AIDS TV. I continue to teach and learn from this film, a compelling use of the home video camera, and self-reflexive gaze to understand AIDS, love, and death.

Creator

Peter Friedman and Tom Joslin.

Publisher

POV, PBS

Date

1993

Abstract

A documentary about two gay men as they live through their last months of life with AIDS. (IMDB)

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

video

Duration

01:39:00

Producer

PBS

Director

Tom Joslin & Peter Friedman

URL

VHS Activism Archive digitized video
https://brooklyn-cuny.yuja.com/V/Video?v=10897312&node=47314537&a=113820677

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Citation

Peter Friedman and Tom Joslin. , “Silverlake Life: The View From Here,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed December 8, 2025, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/796.

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