Monday, December 15 at 7:00: Introduction by Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd, with special guests star David Schachter and Jenni Olson and Roe Bressan from the Bressan Project.
David (David Schachter) is a twentysomething gay yuppie who volunteers to be a “buddy” to older AIDS patient Robert (Geoff Edholm). Initially put off by Robert’s very 70s gay lib sensibilities and political consciousness, David soon finds himself growing closer to his new friend—and becoming changed in the process. The first American theatrical feature film about AIDS, Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.’s Buddies is a devastating, yet bittersweet drama and a pioneering work of queer independent cinema that’s every bit as powerful 40 years later.
Screening as part of our monthly queer series programmed and hosted by Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd, Cruising the Movies.