COMMITMENT TO LIFE

Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz | 115 min | USA

In the early 1980s, a young doctor at UCLA reports a strange immune disorder among gay men —the world's first warning sign of the epidemic to come. In the following decades, Los Angeles would play a critical role in the battle against HIV/AIDS as doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists came together to change the epidemic's path and how the world saw it. 
From Rainbow Vision alum filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (I am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential), Commitment to Life documents this incredible drama through the stories of those who lived through it. Using first-person interviews, rare archival and activist footage, and scenes from star-studded Hollywood fundraisers, Commitment to Life resurrects one of the epidemic's most compelling histories with the hopes we never repeat it.

Presented in partnership with Fruit Loop

Community Partner: HIV Edmonton