AIDS in FOCUS film screening

	AIDS in FOCUS Artists Responding to the World Pandemic
	In observance of World AIDS Awareness, CINEMAROSA presents the program “AIDS in FOCUS,” stories about the pandemic and how it still affects the art community. The screening presentation includes the compelling feature film directed by Dan Wolman, “Tied Hands,” the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son, and the shorts films; "Undercover Cross" directed by visual artists Cesar Wilson Vera and Jeff Ingram, a personal account of their HIV+ condition and artistic work, and the video project "This Pleasant and Grateful Asylum" created by well known Bronx dancer and choreographer, Arthur Aviles. Attending artists Cesa Wilson Vera, Jeff Ingram, Arthur Aviles and dancers will join Hector Canonge, Director of CINEMAROSA, for a discussion and Q&A session with the audience. Following the presentations, the public is invited to join the closing event for the art exhibition FRAMING AIDS 2010: ABSENCE at the Partnership Gallery . Light refreshments and cocktail reception will follow. TIED HANDS Dir. Dan Wolman Israel, 2006, 60 min. A compelling film tells the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son. In her, turbulent, journey in the streets of Tel-Aviv, old truths from her past come back to life and threaten to break down a wall of denials behind which, she's been hiding all her life. UNDERCOVER CROSS Dirs. Cesar Wilson Vera and Jeff Ingram USA, 2009, 30 min. Enthusiastic and excited New York artist, Vera, and Californian artist, Ingram, have been friends for 20 years. Their collaboration in an exhibition inspired them to work in a project about AIDS. Terrified, but with much courage, they expose their own HIV status and how they have learned to creatively approach their life and artistic projects. THIS PLEASANT AND GREATFUL ASYLUM Arthur Aviles USA, 2009, 7 min. A video project created by well known dancer and coreographer from the Bronx, Arthur Aviles, the film is a ritual dance that celebrates the freedom of sexuality, the difficulty passion, freedom and dangers of sex, while challenging the conventions of commitment in a post AIDS epidemic World.
	FREE ADMISSION but RSVP is recommended: [email protected]
	Directions to QMA: #7 Train from 42 Street or E, F, V, R Trains to 74th Street & Roosevelt Avenue, change for #7 Train (Main Street-Flushing Bound). Exit at Willest Point/Citi Fields Stadium, walk in the direction of the park. Museum is located in front of the metal globe, the Unisphere.
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