AIDS and the Arts: VIDEO : AIDS appears to be as devastating to artists today as World War I was to a whole generation of brilliant young artists and writers who were wiped out on the battlefield. "Twenty—at least," is the answer when one prominent dancer is asked how many artists he knows who have died of AIDS. From Elizabeth Taylor, who pleads for research funds, to Harvey Fierstein, who bemoans the untold talents lost, to a dancer who continues to dance while dying of AIDS, this program shows the impact of AIDS on a group very much in the headlines and the responsiveness of artists to tragedy in their own lives. (20 minutes)


			AIDS and the Arts

AIDS appears to be as devastating to artists today as World War I was to a whole generation of brilliant young artists and writers who were wiped out on the battlefield. "Twenty—at least," is the answer when one prominent dancer is asked how many artists he knows who have died of AIDS. From Elizabeth Taylor, who pleads for research funds, to Harvey Fierstein, who bemoans the untold talents lost, to a dancer who continues to dance while dying of AIDS, this program shows the impact of AIDS on a group very much in the headlines and the responsiveness of artists to tragedy in their own lives. (20 minutes)

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