Movie

Sex Positive

★ 4.9/10 · 11 votes 2009 1h 15m Released

Documentary

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.

Cast

R Richard Berkowitz Self Michael Callen Self (archive footage) Larry Kramer Self Susan Brown Self Sean O. Strub Self Norma Connolly Self