![]() ![]() Produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, Vito is full of reminiscenses from Russo's family, friends and fellow travelers, including biographer Michael Schiavi, Bruce Vilanch, Celluloid Closet directors Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin, and Larry Kramer. Now, to go along with the film version of The Celluloid Closet, made in 1995, there's the documentary Vito, which premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2011 and aired on HBO the following year. As the author of The Celluloid Closet, he shed light on a corner of film culture that had previously been kept in the shadows, and his leadership in the early days of the AIDS crisis helped to turn the tide - just not quickly enough to save him from succumbing to the disease. ![]() ![]() From all accounts, films historian and gay rights activist Vito Russo was a dynamic person and a key figure in the gay community in the '70s and especially the '80s. ![]()
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