Jeffrey Friedman

Trailer for The Battle of amfAR. In the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, two women from very different walks of life unite to take a stand. Two-time Academy Award -winner Rob Epstein and his longtime collaborator Jeffrey Friedman, the creative forces behind The Celluloid Closet, tell the story of the extraordinary moment when Dr. Mathilde Krim and Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor launched the country s first AIDS research foundation. The fight against HIV/AIDS would never be the same. An HBO Documentary Films release.

Jeffrey Friedman (Dr. Jeffrey Friedman), professor at Rockefeller University, discusses how most people see obesity as a cosmetic problem and not as a medical health problem,

James Franco stars as the young Allen Ginsberg - poet, counter-culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless and electrifying work of his career, the poem HOWL. Meanwhile, in a San Francisco courtroom, HOWL is on trial. Prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (Strathairn) sets out to prove that the book should be banned, while suave defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Hamm) argues fervently for freedom of speech and creative expression. The proceedings veer from the comically absurd to the passionate as a host of unusual witnesses (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alesssandro Nivola) pit generation against generation and art against fear in front of conservative Judge Clayton Horn (Bob Balaban). HOWL is simultaneously a portrait of a renegade artist breaking down barriers to find love and redemption and an imaginative ride through a prophetic masterpiece that rocked a generation and was heard around the world.

Lily Tomlin narrates this award winning documentary based on Vito Russo's book depicting gays and lesbians in the movies from the silent era to the present. Interviews with many of today's big stars.