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No Sad Songs (1985)

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

Release: 1985-06-15
Runtime: 63 min
Rating: 2.667 / 10
Cast
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Martha Cronen
Martha
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David MacLean
Monologue artist
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David Roche
Fireman
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David Sereda
Organist
Joe Norman Shaw
Joe Norman Shaw
Jim
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Henry Van Rijk
Preacher
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Ian Watson
Young man with AIDS