Maestro (2002)

Directed by

Josell Ramos

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the rise of house music clubs in 1970s New York City. It also shows how the AIDS epidemic affected the people who ran and went to these clubs.

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What happens

Maestro is an American documentary film written, directed, filmed, edited, and produced by Josell Ramos. It details the rise of the house music clubs of the 1970s in New York City, covering how the AIDS epidemic affected both patrons and owners, and was the only full-length documentary film prior to 2016 covering the Paradise Garage. After premiering at the inaugural In-edit Festival, the film toured the European film festival circuit in 2002. In 2003, it screened at North by Northeast as well as being released at cinemas in the United Kingdom. It played in United States cinemas in limited release in 2004. It was released on DVD on July 26, 2005, together with a CD soundtrack containing twelve tracks in the US and fourteen tracks in Italy. The New York City AIDS Memorial included Maestro as a topic of discussion in episode three: "Music is Life" in the "A Time to Listen" segment of "Hear Me: Voices of the Epidemic" in December 2020. The film was also used by Ira Sachs as one of the materials of study for the cast of The Man I Love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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