No Sad Songs

Nik Sheehan
1985-06-15

The world's first major documentary on AIDS.
3.5
63 min

Jim Black, a 37-year-old Canadian talks about the AIDS that is killing him. He talks about his life and his friends and how his brother's family has rejected him. Catherine Hunt is a Canadian woman whose brother is dying of AIDS. These personal stories are presented with excerpts from a series of performances by Canadian musicians and performance artists in order to give the viewer a bigger picture of the impact of this disease.

Cast

Name Character Team
Martha Cronen Martha Unowned
David MacLean Monologue artist Unowned
David Roche Fireman Unowned
David Sereda Organist Unowned
Joe Norman Shaw Jim Unowned
Henry Van Rijk Preacher Unowned
Ian Watson Young man with AIDS Unowned