December 5 at 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Free
In commemoration of AIDS Awareness Month (and World AIDS Day, December 1), the UCLA Film & Television Archive presents the official world premiere of Eyes on Ukraine, a powerful documentary produced by the UCLA Art & Global Health Center that explores the intersection of two crises — war and the HIV epidemic.
Directed by Mo Stoebe and executive produced by Richard Gere, the film follows HIV-positive Ukrainian activist Yana Panfilova as she joins Through Positive Eyes, a global photo-storytelling project co-directed by award-winning South African photographer Gideon Mendel and the UCLA Art & Global Health Center.
Preceding the film will be a short presentation looking back at the history of Through Positive Eyes, an initiative of MAKE ART/STOP AIDS. A post-screening panel will focus on the quickly changing landscape of HIV/AIDS funding, featuring UCLA faculty and a representative group of international Through Positive Eyes “artivists” (artist-activists).
Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.
DCP, color, 37 min. Director: Mo Stoebe. Executive Producer: Richard Gere. Producers: David Gere, Katja Kulenkampff. With: Yana Panfilova, Liza Shevchuck, Yehor Pasko, Mariia Deriuha.
Presented in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, the UCLA AIDS Institute, and the Herb Ritts Foundation.
