Letters from Home (1996)

Original title

Letters From Home

Directed by

Mike Hoolboom

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

15 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film features people from Toronto's art community sharing their experiences with AIDS. Their spoken messages are mixed with home videos and found footage.

documentary-stylepersonalreflectivepoignantintimatefragmentedcontemplative

What happens

Letters from Home is a 15-minute-long short film by Canadian director Mike Hoolboom. It follows a multitude of figures from the Toronto art community who deliver messages about living with AIDS, which are spliced with home videos, found and archive footage, and other film techniques. Letters from Home was generally well received and won several awards, including Best Canadian Short Film at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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