The National AIDS Memorial Grove has released a short documentary via its Surviving Voices storytelling initiative about substance use and recovery. "Substance Users, the Recovery Community, and AIDS" is now on the grove's website.
According to a news release, the 12-minute film includes personal interview segments with survivors and advocates. The documentary previously was shown at two LGBTQ film festivals — Frameline45 and SF Queer Film Fest 2021. "The National AIDS Memorial is honored to have our Surviving Voices mini-documentary featured at these influential film festivals," stated John Cunningham, chief executive of the grove. "It speaks to the important work our organization is doing to share these powerful personal stories of hope,