ACT UP Oral History Project videotapes

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Creator

ACT UP (Organization)

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 178 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

VHS service copies must be used in lieu of original videotapes.

Scope/Contents Note

The ACT UP Oral History Project videotapes are a collection of over sixty interviews with surviving membersof the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.

Biographical/Historical Note

The organization ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was formed in 1987 to address the AIDS crisis through direct political action. The Oral History Project was created to document the work of ACT UP through interviews with surviving members, and to shed light on the process of making social change. The project was coordinated by filmmaker Jim Hubbard and novelist Sarah Schulman, with camera work by James Wentzy (in New York) and S. Leo Chiang (on the West Coast).

Controlled Access Terms

• ACT UP (Organization)
• AIDS activists -- United States -- Interviews.
• AIDS (Disease) in mass media.
• AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- United States.
• AIDS (Disease) -- History.
• AIDS (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States.
• AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.

Additional Creator Names

• Chiang, S. Leo. vdg
• Hubbard, Jim, 1951-
• Kramer, Larry. ive
• Schulman, Sarah, 1958-
• Wentzy, James. vdg
• ACT UP New York (Organization)