POSITIVE VOICES

2004 / 30min. / DV / colour / Japanese with English and Japanese subtitles

POSITIVE VOICES is the compilation of the stories told by seven HIV-positive gay men and one partner.
Their interviews are presented with images such as their hands, eyes etc.
They recount their growth by coming out of being positive to someone.
Some are bitter. Some are sweet.
We sincerely hope that the stories can tell you where HIV-positive people are now in Japan.

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Featuring:
Seven HIV-positive gay men and one partner who seconded our cause,
and kindly agreed to and had courage to appear on the screen.

Also Featuring (with Question Boards):
Akasugi Yasuhiko
Shibata Kei
Obara Keita
Aoyama Kira
Kawaguchi Takao
Cho Yukio

Interviews, Camera & Composition:
Ikushima Yuzuru (PLACE TOKYO)

Composition, Editing & Camera:
Imaizumi Koichi (habakari-cinema+records)

Editorial Assistant:
Iwasa Hiroki (habakari-cinema+records)

Music:
Ogurusu Norihide

Planning:
Cho Yukio (Rainbow Ring)
Matsubara Arata (Rainbow Ring)
Ikushima Yuzuru (PLACE TOKYO)

Sponsored by:
JFAP (Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention)

Produced by:
PLACE TOKYO, Gay Friends for AIDS


Featured in ;
voice 04 (Tokyo, JAPAN) 2004.11.27
kavcaap2005 (Kobe, JAPAN) 2005.06.30 - 07.03
The 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, the Opening Ceremony (Kobe, JAPAN) 2005.07.01
Q! Film Festival 2005 (Jakarta, INDONESIA) 2005.09.23&24
InDPanda International Short Film Festival (Hong Kong, CHINA) 2008.07-08