Vito: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: July 23, 2012

Summary: Jeffrey Schwartz's 2011 documentary examines the life of AIDS and gay rights activist Vito Russo, who also wrote "The Celluloid Closet," his 1981 book about LGBT depiction in film.

Genre(s): Documentary

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Ken Tucker

Jul 24, 2012

Outspoken yet charismatic, politically radical yet traditionalist in his love of family, the man is captured in all his complexity. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Jul 24, 2012

As a documentary, Vito is fairly straightforward, but by finding a thread connecting Russo's life, his passions and his times, it manages to be something more. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Jul 24, 2012

The smooth telling of Russo's story juxtaposed against the present day, when gay marriage is sanctioned in some states and gay characters are all over prime-time television, drives home how different the cultural landscape is from the one Russo knew. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Jul 24, 2012

It's a nicely assembled, topical film that gives us both a sweeping view of gay rights across almost 30 years, as well as an intimate look at an extraordinary person swept up in those times. Read full review

David Wiegand

Jul 24, 2012

Schwartz's workmanlike film nonetheless gives us a detailed portrait of the man as well as the activist. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Jul 24, 2012

The first half of Vito plays almost like a 45-minute "It Gets Better" ad. [Then] Vito exchanges its subtle storytelling technique for a sobering session of gay rights homework, resembling a recent raft of documentaries about the early years of the AIDS crisis. Read full review

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Season 1

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  Air Date: July 23, 2012
- No episode information is currently available for this season