We Were Here is a 2011 American documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco. The film, produced and directed by David Weissman with editor and co-director Bill Weber, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, with its international festival premiere following at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2011. The theatrical premiere took place at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on February 25, 2011.
People interviewed The film focuses on five different interviews of people that had a protagonist role during the epidemic. These people are, in order of appearance:
Ed Wolf, a counselor to many gay men Paul Boneberg, a political activist Daniel Goldstein, an HIV+ artist who lost two partners to AIDS Guy Clark, a dancer who ran a corner flower stand near the Castro, supplying flowers to many funerals Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who helped administer clinical trials for antiretroviral drugs
Reception We Were Here holds a 100% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 94% rating on Metacritic, the highest among films of 2011.
Awards Award Category Result Ref Detroit Film Critics Society Best Documentary Dorian Awards Documentary of the Year LGBT-Themed Documentary of the Year <p GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Documentary Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary Feature Mumbai Queer Film Festival Best Documentary Feature, Jury award Miami International Film Festival Knight Dox Competition, Grand Jury Prize Newport Beach Film Festival Best Feature Documentary Film, Jury Award Sundance Film Festival Documentary, Grand Jury Prize
See also And the Band Played On (1993) How to Survive a Plague (2012)
References
External links
We Were Here on Independent Lens