Reeling: Sex Positive

Labeled a “taut and fascinating look at a true unsung hero” by John Cameron Mitchell, Sex Positive chronicles the life of Richard Berkowitz, a gay hustler turned AIDS activist in the ‘80s. Branded a self-hating enemy of homosexuals, he wrote the first documented booklet on safe sex practices. Through interviews with other activists and Berkowitz’s family and friends, we follow his life from organizing protests at Rutgers to going down a path laden with drugs and rough sex for pay to his activism alliance with Michael Callen. A riveting documentary, Sex Positive is a tribute to the contributions of a man that have long gone uncredited.