Film Screening: A Paixão de JL
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A Paixão de JL (JL's Passion) by Carlos Nader is a movie about Brazilian artist José Leonilson. In 1990, Leonilson began to record an audio diary on tape cassettes about his emotions, daily life, and events taking place in Brazil and around the world. Over time, the recordings came to hold a new urgency when Leonilson learns that he is HIV positive.
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Image: A Paixão de JL, 2015. Directed by Carlos Nader. Courtesy of Projeto Leonilson and Itaú Cultural.
The movie by Carlos Nader focuses on the work of Brazilian artist José Leonilson as he discovers he is HIV positive.
6:30 p.m.
Event Sponsors
José Leonilson: Empty Man is made possible by the generous support of the Projeto Leonilson, Galeria de Arte Almeida e Dale, Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation, Fundación AMA, PHILLIPS, Genomma Lab Internacional, and Paul Boskind and Robbie McMillin-Boskind.
This project is also supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
José Leonilson: Empty Man is made possible by the generous support of the Projeto Leonilson, Galeria de Arte Almeida e Dale, Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation, Fundación AMA, PHILLIPS, Genomma Lab Internacional, and Paul Boskind and Robbie McMillin-Boskind.
This project is also supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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