Sex Positive
2009 · 75 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 220 VOTES · DIR. Daryl Wein
Overview
Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has never been aptly credited. Mr. Berkowitz emerged from the epicenter of the epidemic demanding a solution to the problem before the outside world would take heed. Now destitute and alone, Mr. Berkowitz tells his story to a world who never wanted to listen.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,468 lines
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00:00:35 I'm so glad you arrived in time to film me
00:04:45 and the city was exploding with sexual playgrounds.
00:07:46 experiences that my mother, at 84 years old
00:10:50 We were compassionate about -- concerned for poor people.
00:13:42 It was the first year
00:16:44 I was at the school infirmary with a case of penile gonorrhea.
00:20:11 I believe so, yes.
00:23:14 of what's going on
00:26:55 to be accused of sex negativity.
00:29:49 I was absolutely terrified.
00:33:13 You had to talk, you had to communicate.
00:36:51 would tell me not to talk about something --
00:39:35 and the numbers that came out in that study from the CDC
00:42:13 and therefore, it's a question of time before the cure is found.
00:44:52 This should be a booklet."
00:48:03 who were mostly from Chelsea and Fire Island Pines
00:50:50 Michael Callen was a founder
00:54:29 I don't have anybody --
00:56:50 Cofactors can absolutely exist.
01:00:27 who are in agony, in horrible pain.
01:03:45 Unfortunately, right now, we don't have much talk about AIDS.
01:06:35 that made it difficult for us to express affection with each other.
01:09:56 400 and something goes to rent
01:12:49 But in the future, if you ever want to do something
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,468
Dialogue density19.6 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:12:49
Production Record
DirectorDaryl Wein
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes220