Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.
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- TriviaThe participants "Kenboy" and Doug Hitzel both died in 2017. Hitzel's cause of death was not made public by his family but he was only 35 years old at the time.
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Bill: Kenboy has rented the dungeon to have a party tonight. About 150 guys are coming, and they're from his list. He's invited guys and then we have a list, and we've invited them, and they're coming here for our standard fuck party, that we generally hold here once a month. I mean, the rules have always been no drugs, no attitude, no condoms, no clothing. We do allow condoms now if guys wanna use them, we have no problem, but a hundred guys, a hundred twenty guys at the party, we'll find two or three condoms the next morning on the floor. That's it.
- ConnectionsReferences Will & Grace (1998)
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Here's an incredibly disturbing and shocking documentary from director Louise Hogarth. My girlfriend and I were talking on the phone and flipping through upcoming films when she read the description of this thing and I couldn't believe it so I recorded the film. The documentary is about a bunch of gay men who are out there hoping to get infected with the HIV virus. The "reasons" were what I was most interested in but some of them want AIDS so that they can have unprotected sex without having to worry about catching it. Some want AIDS because it's the cool thing to do within the gay community. Apparently these people feel AIDS will mean they are "really gay". This is without a doubt one of the most troubling documentaries that I've ever seen because it actually scared the hell out of me. As a straight male I enjoy going out with my friends and picking up women and while I know all about AIDS, this doc scared the living crap out of me because of what these people are talking about. Apparently positive and negative members attend "don't ask, don't tell" sex parties where no condoms are used so they leave these parties not knowing if they are infected or not. Countless other horror stories are covered in this thing, which is truly eye opening even to those who are pretty familiar with all the truths and lies around the disease.
- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 29, 2008
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- ザ・ギフト
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- Castro Street, San Francisco, California, USA(street scenes)
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- $200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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