Voices from the Front

Voices from the Front
Voices from the Front
Directed by	Robyn Hutt; Sandra Elgear; David Meieran
Produced by	Sandra Elgear; David Meieran
Edited by	Robyn Hutt; Sandra Elgear; David Meieran
Production; company	Testing the Limits Collective
Release date	April 1991 (WorldFest);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Voices from the Front is an American documentary film, released in 1991.^[1] Directed by Robyn Hutt, Sandra Elgear and David Meieran, the film is a portrait of the activism in the late 1980s around the HIV/AIDS crisis, including the work of organizations such as ACT UP and Queer Nation,^[2] and individuals such as Larry Kramer, Vito Russo and Peter Staley.

The film premiered at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 1991 and was subsequently screened at film festivals including the 1991 Frameline Film Festival^[3] and the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1992, before going into commercial release in June 1992.^[4]

At Berlin the film won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-related documentary film.^[5]

References

^ Leslie Kossoff, "History in the making; The 5th New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival offers queer filmmaking from the bizarre to the brilliant". Gay Community News, September 14, 1991.
^ Kathleen Maher, "Voices From the Front". Austin Chronicle, June 19, 1992.
^ Edward Guthmann, "Gay/Lesbian Fest Is Vindicated". San Francisco Examiner, June 16, 1991.
^ Kevin Thomas, "‘Voices From the Front’: AIDS, Activism and Anger". Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1992.
^ Aschenneller, Mabel (February 2009). "Queer Film Award at the International Film Festival Berlin" (PDF) (Press release) (Digital ed.). Teddy Award. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

External links

Voices from the Front at IMDb

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[1] Leslie Kossoff, "History in the making; The 5th New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival offers queer filmmaking from the bizarre to the brilliant". Gay Community News, September 14, 1991.

[2] Kathleen Maher, "Voices From the Front". Austin Chronicle, June 19, 1992.

[3] Edward Guthmann, "Gay/Lesbian Fest Is Vindicated". San Francisco Examiner, June 16, 1991.

[4] Kevin Thomas, "‘Voices From the Front’: AIDS, Activism and Anger". Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1992.

[5] Aschenneller, Mabel (February 2009). "Queer Film Award at the International Film Festival Berlin" (PDF) (Press release) (Digital ed.). Teddy Award. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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v t e Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Documentary Film
1980s	Rights and Reactions: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial (1988) Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin' Women (1989)
1990s	Tongues Untied (1990) Paris Is Burning (1991) Voices from the Front (1992) Silverlake Life (1993) Coming Out Under Fire (1994) Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1995) The Celluloid Closet (1996) Murder and Murder (1997) The Brandon Teena Story (1998) The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1999)
2000s	Paragraph 175 (2000) Trembling Before G-d (2001) All About My Father (2002) Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003) The Nomi Song (2004) Feline Masquerade (2005) Beyond Hatred (2006) A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) Football Under Cover (2008) Fig Trees (2009)
2010s	The Mouth of the Wolf (2010) The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Call Me Kuchu (2012) Bambi (2013) The Circle (2014) The New Man (2015) Kiki (2016) Small Talk (2017) Tranny Fag (2018) Lemebel (2019)
2020s	If It Were Love (2020) Alis (2022) Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) Teaches of Peaches (2024) Satanic Sow (2025)