Silence=Death Film Screening and Panel Discussion

• Thursday, May 14 @ 12:00 pm
• CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE

This event will take place at the CAMP Rehoboth Elkins-Archibald Atrium, located at 37 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth Beach.





On May 21, 1990, roughly 1,000 activists and members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) marched on the Bethesda, Maryland campus of the National Institute of Health to protest the lack of available drugs to treat HIV/AIDS. Dr. Anthony Fauci, then director of the NIAID (the AIDS arm of the NIH), watches as the activists march around his building, demanding inclusion in his clinical research committees. Meanwhile, a young gay filmmaker captures the events of the protest while attempting to deliver a package to Fauci. As the demonstrations threaten to upend the scientists' work, both men are forced to reckon with the meaning of power and responsibility.





Taking place at CAMP Rehoboth, this short film will be followed by a panel discussion reflecting on the AIDS crisis and its impact on the LGBTQ+ community. The panel will feature Merle C. McCann, MD, Jeff Murray, and Tyler Berl and will be moderated by CAMP Rehoboth's new Executive Director, Robin Brennan.

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