Wojnarowicz

Name: Wojnarowicz
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 19, 2021
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 90
Cast: Barry Blinderman, David Wojnarowicz, Fran Lebowitz, Kiki Smith, Nan Goldin

2021

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Kino Lorber | Release Date (Streaming): March 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Barry Blinderman, David Wojnarowicz, Fran Lebowitz, Kiki Smith, Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Richard Kern, Stephen Koch

Summary: Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker is a fiery and urgent documentary portrait of downtown New York City artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz. As New York City became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Wojnarowicz weaponized his work and waged war against the establishment’s indifference to the plagueWojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker is a fiery and urgent documentary portrait of downtown New York City artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz. As New York City became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Wojnarowicz weaponized his work and waged war against the establishment’s indifference to the plague until his death from it in 1992 at the age of 37. Exclusive access to his breathtaking body of work – including paintings, journals, and films – reveals how Wojnarowicz emptied his life into his art and activism. Rediscovered answering machine tape recordings and intimate recollections from Fran Lebowitz, Gracie Mansion, Peter Hujar, and other friends and family help present a stirring portrait of this fiercely political, unapologetically queer artist. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Chris McKim

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Glenn Kenny

Mar 18, 2021

[An] exemplary documentary. Read full review

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The Playlist Chris Barsanti

Mar 18, 2021

Chris Kim’s skittering collage of a documentary Wojnarowicz doesn’t explore his career from the outside but rather works ground up through his art to present an experiential plunge into the raw tumult of the New York art scene just before and following the onset of AIDS. Read full review

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Liam Lacey

Mar 18, 2021

In summoning the artist and his eighties’ art-scene milieu, the film also serves as memorial to the generation of creative voices silenced by the AIDS virus. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 18, 2021

[A] terrific and informative documentary. Read full review

The Film Stage Joshua Encinias

Mar 19, 2021

Chris McKim’s documentary is an amalgamation of everything David Wojnarowicz leaves behind to inspire rebellion beyond the grave. Read full review

IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Mar 19, 2021

Blending Wojnarowicz’s own audio journals with input from a handful of his contemporaries, Chris McKim’s startling and meticulously edited new movie captures the spirit of the artist as he was, bracing and in-your-face. Read full review

Richard Brody

Mar 18, 2021

The director Chris McKim incisively intertwines a generous batch of audio interviews with Wojnarowicz’s friends, family, and associates; a rich set of archival footage to conjure his time and place; and vigorous effects to evoke his inner world. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

May 13, 2021

Queer multimedia artist and activist David Wojnarowicz made quite a name for himself in the late 1980s as a fiercely outspoken critic of negligent government policies and practices regarding its indifferent handling of the AIDS crisis, considerations largely driven by unspoken but undeniableQueer multimedia artist and activist David Wojnarowicz made quite a name for himself in the late 1980s as a fiercely outspoken critic of negligent government policies and practices regarding its indifferent handling of the AIDS crisis, considerations largely driven by unspoken but undeniable prejudicial and homophobic attitudes. Director Chris McKim's in-depth documentary about the stormy life and colorful career of this controversial artist and in-your-face advocate chronicles his journey from an abusive upbringing to his years as a homeless teenage hustler and eventually as an enigmatic but revered street artist, along with how those often-painful experiences came to characterize the nature of his work. While the film is certainly thorough in its treatment of this material, the picture's second half is far better than its sometimes sluggishly paced opening act, meticulously covering the time when Wojnarowicz was himself afflicted by AIDS and how he struggled to express his feelings about the disease and society's response to it. Through a wealth of archival material, including excerpts from the artist's audio journals, as well as interviews with those who knew him, viewers bear witness to the impassioned rage he felt as reflected through his art and activism. Wojnarowicz may not have attained the same degree of artistic notoriety as contemporaries like Robert Mapplethorpe and Keith Haring during his lifetime, but this film helps to make up for that, while simultaneously shining a bright light on the shameful response of authorities who could have done more but intentionally did not.… Expand

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