Read Julia Farrington’s piece in which it is discovered that Terrence Higgins Trust have been responsible for censorship of Positive Hell in the UK. Update: Read The Ultimate Guide to Internet Censorship
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Gscene erases reporting of Positive Hell’s QWFF award
Referencing our press release, Gscene reported Positive Hell‘s award win at QWFF on their site before removing it a few days later [original link | backup]. The magazine must’ve undoubtedly received pressure. But what’s so controversial about reporting a fact, that a film won an award? 29/3/16 update: The Gscene link is now working again. It seems […]
Praise for Positive Hell from South Africa
“Evil cannot triumph over the truth and good forever. I too assembled a group of friends today here in South Africa to watch the film [Positive Hell]. I wasn’t watching it for the first time but my friends were. I’ve never seen so many adults’ emotions shifting from curiosity to anger and pain in such […]
Short film: ‘Censored’ on YouTube and showing tonight at QWFF
Meditel and Yellow Productions have produced a short film about the censorship of Positive Hell which you can watch here. Theatregoers to the Queens World Film Festival tonight in New York will be shown both Censored and Positive Hell, with a Q&A featuring IRF’s Joan Shenton and Rethinking AIDS President David Crowe. Update 16/3/17: Press release […]
Bluestockings screening cancelled
Due to an alleged misunderstanding of the nature of the films, Bluestockings has cancelled tonight’s screening of Positively False and Positive Hell. Another win for censorship on non-prejudicial ideas.
Positively False + Positive Hell screening at Bluestockings, New York
New York indie bookstore Bluestockings will be screening both of Reiss/Shenton’s recent HIV/AIDS films this Saturday (22 October 2016, 7:00-9:30 PM). IRF has issued a press release.
Positive Hell in St. Anne’s College ‘The Ship’ Magazine [PDF]
Piece by Joan Shenton
Elizabeth Ely holding Indie Gathering and United Latino film awards for Positive Hell [photo]
Superando el Sida re Positive Hell banning + Prof. Helen Lauer letter
Spanish AIDS dissident network Superando el Sida (the protagonists of Positive Hell) have posted an article on the banning of Positive Hell from Portobello Film Festival. Read Manuel Garrido Sotelo’s piece here: [original Spanish | Google Translate English] *** Prof. Helen Lauer to Jim Grice (London Live TV): Dear Mr. Grice, Thank you for opening […]
Positive Hell banned again
It’s happened once more. Another UK film festival – Portobello – has censored Positive Hell upon minimal pressure from AIDS orthodoxy defenders. Read here. The recurring tragedy is that an independent film festival yet again has absolved itself from supporting an independent film that it had accepted and did not see a problem with itself: […]