I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
From Ira Sachs
I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.
I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood.
Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult.
It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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