No Sad Songs

No Sad Songs (1985)

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

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  • Release Date: 1985-06-15
  • Runtime: 1h 3min
  • Director: Nik Sheehan

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Cast

  • Martha Cronen

    Martha

  • David MacLean

    Monologue artist

  • David Roche

    Fireman

  • David Sereda

    Organist

  • Joe Norman Shaw

    Jim

  • Henry Van Rijk

    Preacher

  • Ian Watson

    Young man with AIDS