We Were Here | |
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Directed by | |
Produced by | David Weissman |
Music by | Holcombe Waller |
Cinematography | Marsha Kahm |
Edited by | Bill Weber |
Release date
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September 2011 (USA) |
Running time
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90 mins |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
We Were Here is a 2011 documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco. The film, produced and directed by David Weissman with editor/ co-director and Bill Weber, premièred at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011, The Berlin International Film Festival in February 2011 and had its theatrical première at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on February 25, 2011.
The film focuses on 5 different interviews of people that had a protagonist role during the epidemic. These people are, in order of appearance:
It holds a 100% "certified fresh" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 94 rating on Metacritic, the highest among films of 2011.