Sex Positive

Sex Positive

75 mins | Documentary | June 12, 2009

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.

Sex Positive

75 mins | Documentary | June 12, 2009

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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Sex Positive
Directors Daryl Wein
Writers

Cast

Richard Berkowitz

as Himself

Michael Callen

as Himself (archive footage)

Larry Kramer

as Himself

Susan Brown

as Herself

Sean O. Strub

as Himself

Norma Connolly

as Herself

Gabriel Rotello

as Himself

Edmund White

as Himself

Michael Lucas

as Himself