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40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see

  • Written by Scott Malia, Associate Professor of Theatre, College of the Holy Cross
40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see'Buddies,' which premiered on Sept. 17, 1985, cost just $27,000 to make.Vinegar Syndrome/Roe Bressan/Frameline Distribution

First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously,...

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