Silverlake Life,
the view from Here
"One of the 10 Best Films of the Year"
--LA Times, USA Today, Chicago Reader, Boston Globe
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"One of the Best Films of the Decade"
--Village Voice, Utne Reader
Mark Massi (Left), Tom Joslin in Silvlerlake Life
(Photo Judy Linn)
watch the film for free here
watch the epilogue for free here
A video diary of life with AIDS. Told with guts and humor by longtime lovers Tom Joslin and Mark Massi,
this documentary celebrates the power of love in the face of a devastating illness. (99 min.)
Winner of
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Independent Film
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Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize
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Sundance Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award
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Peabody Award
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Prix Italia, Best Public TV Documentary Worldwide, Rome
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International Documentary Association Award, Los Angeles
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Berlin Film Festival, Teddy Bear Award
Film Credits
Produced in association with Channel 4 Television, London with support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Produced and Directed by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
Camera: Tom Joslin, Mark Massi
Music: Lucia Hwong
Co-producers Doug Block, Jane Weiner
Associate Producer/Sound Design: Matt Fassberg
Additional Camera: Elaine Mayes, Peter Friedman
Editor: Peter Friedman
Assistant Editor: Florence Fradelizi
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Links to Reviews
SILVERLAKE LIFE Peabody Awards acceptance speech
SILVERLAKE LIFE Reviews
David Ehrenstein's LA Times interview with Peter Friedman
Lisa Schwarzbaum's Entertainment Weekly review
Joshua Kaplan's August 12, 2019 review on Hyperallergic
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
http://65.201.198.41/movies/capsules/11115_SILVERLAKE_LIFE.html
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Robert Atkins, Viillage Voice
http://www.robertatkins.net/beta/witness/culture/body/silverlake.html
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TV Guide (Cinebooks Database)
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database/ShowMovie.asp
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Center for Social Media
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/documents/silverlake.pdf
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PopMatters
http://popmatters.com/film/reviews/s/silverlake-life.shtml
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Silverlak Live radio interview KCET-2006-Interview
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Books with chapters on Silverlake Life
The Autobiographical Documentary in America
By Jim Lane
University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
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Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories
By Peggy Phelan, Routledge, 1997
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Between the Sheets, In the Streets
Edited by Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs
University of Minnesota Press, 1997
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Mirror Talk: Genres of Crisis in Contemporary Autobiography
By Susanna Egan
The University of North Carolina Press,1999
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Facing It: Aids Diaries and the Death of the Author
By Ross Chambers
University of Michigan Press, 1998
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How to Buy:
To purchase a vhs videocassette or a dvd in North America call 1-800-314-8822
or go to http://www.docurama.com/Docurama/Products/silverlake_life.
Schools and libraries can purchase public performance licenses by contacting @Docuseek
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