Sex Positive (2008)

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75 min - Documentary

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Ratings: 6.0/10 from 122 users Metascore: 65/100
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Explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M sex worker turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has has never been aptly credited.

Director:

Daryl Wein

Stars:

Don Adler, Richard Berkowitz and Susan Brown

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Don Adler	...	Himself
	Richard Berkowitz	...	Himself
	Susan Brown	...	Herself
	Demetre Daskalakis	...	Himself
	Richard Dworkin	...	Himself
	William Haseltine	...	Himself
	Larry Kramer	...	Himself
	Ardele Lister	...	Herself
	Michael Lucas	...	Himself
	Francisco Roque	...	Himself
	Gabriel Rotello	...	Himself
	Joseph Sonnabend	...	Himself (as Dr. Joseph Sonnabend)
	Bill Stackhouse	...	Himself
	Krishna Stone	...	Herself
	Sean Strub	...	Himself

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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. Written by Anonymous

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