Like a Prayer

Dublin Core

Title

Like a Prayer

Subject

AIDS, activist video, documentary, collective

Description

Acquired for research for my doctoral disseration, then monograph, AIDS TV. Digitized for my VHS Archives class, Fall 2018.



Creator

DIVA TV

Date

1991

Language

English

Abstract

With the December 10th, 1989 demonstration by ACT UP and WHAM! (Women's Health Action and Mobilization) at St. Patrick's Cathedral as its focus, Like a Prayer is more than a simple documentation of that event. This show explores the many issues that were cause for the action - as well as those resulting from it - while charting the course of events both inside and outside the church. Like a Prayer is composed of several sections including an analysis of the demonstration as it was portrayed in the mainstream media and reactions of Catholics who participated. Like a Prayer is a show of force and pride; a challenge to the Church and its policy on AIDS and reproductive rights. Produced by DIVA-TV in collaboration with WHAM!

Features cameo of Ray Navarro as Jesus.

Moving Image Item Type Metadata

Duration

00:28:58

Producer

DIVA TV, WHAM!

Director

DIVA

Files

Like_A_Prayer.png

Citation

DIVA TV, “Like a Prayer,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed April 24, 2024, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/847.

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