A quarter century after the passing of HIV-aids activist Connie Norman, she’s being remembered for her relentless battle to curtail the disease and to combat homophobia and transphobia.
The outspoken figure in Act Up/LA is the subject of the new documentary AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman, which made its Los Angeles premiere Saturday at the Outfest film festival. Dante Alencastre directed the film about a woman known for her “blatant honesty” about the challenges she had faced.
“She had a life experience of oppression and also overcoming all those obstacles—living on the streets, addiction, sex work,” Alencastre told Deadline. “When she came to Act Up… she found a family, a family that looked up to her because she made sure she was schooling everybody… She was really a pioneer, supporting and making sure that her siblings and her children would be taken care of properly,...
The outspoken figure in Act Up/LA is the subject of the new documentary AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman, which made its Los Angeles premiere Saturday at the Outfest film festival. Dante Alencastre directed the film about a woman known for her “blatant honesty” about the challenges she had faced.
“She had a life experience of oppression and also overcoming all those obstacles—living on the streets, addiction, sex work,” Alencastre told Deadline. “When she came to Act Up… she found a family, a family that looked up to her because she made sure she was schooling everybody… She was really a pioneer, supporting and making sure that her siblings and her children would be taken care of properly,...
- 8/21/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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