Sex Positive
About this movie
- Synopsis
- Documentary filmmaker Daryl Wein explores the life and legacy of revolutionary gay S & M hustler-turned-AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz, whose noble efforts in promoting safe sex during the 1980s have been all but forgotten in the early years of the ......
- Read Full Synopsis
- Starring
- Richard Berkowitz
- Director(s)
- Daryl Wein
- Distributor(s)
- Regent Releasing
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 75 min.
Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | David WiegandAdd Critic to Favorites
Superb new documentary.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
In his illuminating, timelessly timely Sex Positive documentary, Daryl Wein calls attention both to unjustly neglected pioneering AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz and his still widely ignored groundbreaking promotion of safe sex.Read the full review
Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites
Daryl Wein's engrossing portrait of Richard Berkowitz is freshly engaging largely due to the subject himself.Read the full review
Want More Sex Positive?
Watch Free Movies Online
SlashControl
Couch potatoes, rejoice! Choose from a library of 1000s of free movies and watch them online, anytime -- all at the brand-new SlashControl.
Watch Free Movies and TV Shows Online
Plus, check out:
Headlines
-
81% Sex Positive
07/02/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
80% Sex Positive
06/28/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
77% Sex Positive
06/19/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
Indie Roundup: 'Food, Inc.,' Vietnam Doc, Dallas Without AFI
06/18/09 Moviefone The highest-profile "indie" is Woody Allen's Whatever Works , wiith Tatia Rosenthal's stop-motion animation feature $9.99 , Francois Velle's NYC drama The Narrows , Andy Abrahams Wilson's Lyme disease doc Under Our Skin , and Tommy Wirkola's Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow vying for attention on a limited number of screens. | Cinematical.com -
75% Sex Positive
06/17/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
“Upwards” Breaks Out With Brooklyn Fest Winners
06/15/09 Daryl Wein's "Breaking Upwards" led the awards for the 2009 Brooklyn International Film Festival, which concluded yesterday at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. | indieWIRE -
73% Sex Positive
06/12/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
67% Sex Positive
06/11/09 Maybe it took somebody with no investment in the sexual-culture wars of the 1980s, like 24-year-old filmmaker Daryl Wein, to rediscover a lightning-rod figure like safe-sex pioneer Richard Berkowitz and present him without prejudice. | Rotten Tomatoes -
'Pelham' aims to cure 'Hangover'
06/11/09 Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" and Disney-Pixar's "Up" are still imbibing plenty at the domestic B.O., enough to pose trouble for new entries "Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" and Eddie Murphy comedy "Imagine That." Sony takes Tony Scott's remake "Pelham," starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta, out in 3,074 runs. | Variety