Gen Next: Wojnarowicz Film Screening (MIFF 2021)

Watch the film in the comfort of your home in whatever time suits or you join us on Zoom this coming Friday and watch the film with your community. The film will be followed by a discussion via Zoom. Zoom details will be emailed on the day. Please register in the link below to access the zoom link. Please know that each Gen Next participant will be reimbursed for their movie ticket. Please keep you receipt and use the code GENNEXTLPV to get 15% off this film.

Here’s an information about the film:

“The Artist, outsider, writer, queer activist. David Wojnarowicz was all of these things and more, as Chris McKim captures in his fiery documentary.

David Wojnarowicz’s short life burned with outrage and defiance; he died of AIDS in 1992, aged only 37. Rising to prominence in the anti-establishment art scene of New York’s East Village alongside Peter Hujar, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Wojnarowicz made radical, multidisciplinary work that critiqued what he saw as a diseased America shaped by conservatism and indifference. A recent exhibition at the Whitney Museum has cemented Wojnarowicz’s place as a major American visionary – and this comprehensive and very moving film reinforces why.

Drawing on Wojnarowicz’s extensive archive of journals, photos, video and voice recordings (including answering-machine messages), McKim (Out of Iraq) constructs a richly vivid collage that not only mirrors the artist’s own visual style but is anchored on his point of view. Also featuring interviews with such figures as Fran Lebowitz, Nan Goldin and Richard Kern alongside Wojnarowicz’s family members and former lovers, this is a haunting elegy to a truly revolutionary, remarkable cultural figure.”

“A wondrous, intimate, and often outrage-inspiring biographical portrait of the artist and his times.” – The New Yorker

Gen Next is a social group for young people living with HIV. We welcome people from all backgrounds inclusive of all genders and sexualities. It’s a safe and confidential space where you can meet other young people 30 and under. We catch up regularly and talk about things like disclosure, sex and relationships or anything else at monthly discussion nights and events. To register, follow this link.