Fig Trees: A Film by John Greyson
Royal Bank Cinema
This operatic tour-de-force reinvents the documentary. The protagonists of Fig Trees are two of the patron saints of AIDS activism: Tim McCaskell, a founder of the Canadian AIDS Action Now, and Zakie Achmat, who in 1989 refused to take anti-retroviral drugs until they were made generally available in South Africa.
The story is a grand-scale narrative of personal heroism in the face of evil personified by politicians and pharmaceutical company executives.
Fig Trees premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this spring, where it won the Teddy Award for best queer documentary.
Made possible through the generous support of the Jane Rule Endowment for the Study of Human Relationships.
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Gender and Sexuality events in November
Monday, November 9th from 4:30pm-6:30pm
An Evening with S. Bear Bergman
Saturday, November 21st at 8pm
Dan Savage - Savage Love Live
Monday, November 23rd from 4pm-6pm
Unbearable Exuberance: Queer-Feminist-Left Responses to Gaza: Jasbir Puar