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David Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world.

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4.8

1985

Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood out...

You Killed Me First

1985 Drama Horror

6.3

1985

A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart....

Stray Dogs

1985 Horror

5.6

1990

AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance....

Silence = Death

1990 Documentary

7.3

1985

Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug f...

Where Evil Dwells

1985 Horror Thriller

7.4

2022

The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, ...

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

2022 Documentary

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David Wojnarowicz speaking before his death. Tens pounds of pressure, tens pounds of rage...

All I can feel is the pressure

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1983

Richard Kern’s 1983 film "American Obsessions" features David Wojnarowicz interacting with plaster ...

American Obsessions

1983

7.7

2012

This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lun...

The Hardcore Collection

2012 Drama

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1990

Experimental short film that explores themes of religion, violence, and gender/masculinity....

A Fire in My Belly

1990

5.2

1985

A series of short films by Richard Kern: Stray Dogs, Woman At The Wheel, Thrust In Me, & I Hate ...

Manhattan Love Suicides

1985 Drama Horror

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1982

A crumbling pier, its walls covered with graffiti and erotic frescoes reminiscent of pagan Pompeii, ...

Pompeii New York, Part 1: Pier Caresses

1982 Documentary History

Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991

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2019

Political artist, painter, writer, performer and photographer David Wojnarowicz was one of the leadi...

Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991

2019 Documentary

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1983

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who...

Abuse

1983 Drama

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1991

A close up head and shoulders of David Wojnarowicz, is the only image. He speaks with characteristic...

Bust

1991 Documentary

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1994

An intriguing, powerful work, portraying a journey through the dark, ugly underbelly of a rough and ...

By the Dawn's Early Light

1994

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1992

Listen to This is a fragment of collective memory that finds critical relevance in contemporary Quee...

Listen to This

1992 Documentary

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1990

Phil Zwickler interviews David Wojnarowicz about a NEA project grant for a gallery show....

Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

1990

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1987

A collaboration between David Wojnarowicz and Steve Doughton....

Around Clown

1987

The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space

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2020

An oral history of Artists Space, the legendary New York artists organization. Told through the voic...

The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space

2020 Documentary

7.2

2020

A collage-like, incisive look at the life of writer, painter and thinker David Wojnarowicz, whose po...

Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker

2020 Documentary

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1985

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1985

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1990

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1985

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