Films by Mark Strombach

Germany 2011, 79 min
by Mark Strombach

With MY POSITIVE LIFE, filmmakers Mark Strombach and Salwa Amin give a voice and face to people who have been living with HIV/AIDS for decades. Six men and one woman aged between 60 and 72 each tell their own stories: underlying them is the common tale of a long life with the HI-virus.In a thoughtful, astute, sometimes bawdy and amusing manner, the protagonists recall the early days of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, their fears, and the countless changes in their lives, professions, and financial situat