Sex Positive

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.

Directed by Daryl Wein

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Cast

Richard Berkowitz

Self

Michael Callen

Self (archive footage)

Larry Kramer

Self

Susan Brown

Self

Sean O. Strub

Self

Norma Connolly

Self

Gabriel Rotello

Self

Edmund White

Self

Michael Lucas

Self

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