No Sad Songs
Directed by Nik Sheehan
1985Documentary60 minCanada
A warm and humane film about Toronto's gay community as AIDS swept through it, narrated by Kate Reid.
Synopsis
An important film to document the Toronto gay community as the AIDS tide was sweeping over it, "No Sad Songs" reaches to understand a little bit about death. Despite its sad subject matter, however, the film has considerable humour and warmth. As it deals with the moral and emotional side of AIDS, as opposed to the medical, the film remains highly relevant. "No Sad Songs" was co-produced by the AIDS Committee of Toronto and is narrated by Kate Reid.
The director
Nik Sheehan
Nik Sheehan is a Toronto writer, director and producer. His No Sad Songs (1985) was one of the first documentaries about AIDS, and Flicker (2008), his film about Brion Gysin's Dreamachine, won the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs.
