Fairyland abbott6/10/2023 Some of these men died alone, but some left behind children and spouses.” “When we talk about the history of AIDS in this country, I don’t think we necessarily think about the way it impacted families,” says Abbott, who also served as a producer on the film. And the finished film does exactly what Durham said it would - tell the story of those plague years not only from the perspective of the people who were robbed of their lives, but the loved ones who were impacted by their deaths. Sundance Award-Winner 'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood' Sells to Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE)Īfter years of struggle to bring the movie to life, “Fairyland” will have its premiere on Friday at the Sundance Film Festival with a cast that includes Scoot McNairy, Geena Davis and “CODA” breakout Emilia Jones. Neon Buys Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie Thriller 'Eileen' 'Rotting in the Sun' Review: Social Media Phenom Jordan Firstman Self-Parodies in Unhinged Indie Satire “I had to keep reminding people that stories about AIDS have been told, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t keep talking about that time and offering different perspectives.” “In a meeting, somebody told me verbatim that AIDS is passé,” Durham remembers. When Andrew Durham was searching for financing for “Fairyland,” his film adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s memoir about growing up in San Francisco with her gay single father and the impact that the AIDS crisis had on the community of LGBTQ Bohemians who populated her world, he received a shocking rejection.
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