The Vavani produced Short Film "Zero to Eighty" will be streaming on Revry, as part of their Queer X Film Festival lineup!
Participate in the festival, streaming online until September 30th with the link in our bio!
We are incredibly excited to announce that Jared Ruga, Vavani's CEO and one of the producers and directors of QUIET HEROES, will be interviewed by the incomparable Alaska and Willam on their Hot Goss podcast. Thanks to Forever Dog, Big Dipper, Alaska, and Willam for making this happen. Be sure to catch the episode this Friday, August 6th, and to follow Race Chaser!
@theonlyalaska5000@willam@racechaserpod
Emmy-winning Sundance documentary Quiet Heroes chronicles the work of Dr. Kristen Ries and Physician Assistant Maggie Snyder in their critical fight against HIV/AIDS at the height of the epidemic. Ries & Snyder were the first--and for a while, the only--medical team treating patients in the hostile, close-minded climate of Utah in the ‘80s and ‘90s. You can find Quiet Heroes streaming on Amazon Prime. Check it out today!
With the help of Maggie Snyder, Doctor Kristen Ries was able to continue her tireless service to medicine and the people of Utah who had been afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
Our first ever post was on January 17th of 2018. In just a few years, Quiet Heroes went from pre-production to Sundance Film Festival. Here’s to Kristen and Maggie and the invaluable work they’ve accomplished.
"Quiet Heroes is duly inspirational, just like its central figures." - Dennis Harvey of Variety Magazine on Quiet Heroes
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Q is for QUIET HEROES!
Because we made this film we pulled from our Amazon reviews to let you know how important this film is:
"The story of AIDS in large urban cities has been told but this film looks at it from the microcosm of Utah. Politicians and political activists are interviewed but the main focus, justifiably, is on Dr. Kristen Ries and her PA, Dr. Maggie Snyder. Ries was intrigued by reports of a particularly virulent pneumonia that was striking gay men and her research had nher prepared when she began first seeing patients affected. Her patient list grew as did the epidemic and, as she was the only doctor in the state who would even see AIDS patients she was soon overwhelmed. (Doctors refusing AIDS patients was such a scandal the Surgeon General publicly excoriated them – President Ronald Reagan didn’t even address the epidemic until 1985). She asked, apparently chosen at random, a young nurse, “Do you want to go to PA (Physician’s /assistant) school?” That was Snyder – and that the two would also become life partners is just so cool.
Hospitals, too, were turning away AIDS patients. Eventually the Sisters of the Holy Cross – nuns having more compassion for the sick and dying than doctors apparently – agreed to open their doors at a time when caring for those with AIDS meant keeping them comfortable to the end and administering lots of hugs. While Salt Lake City may be fairly cosmopolitan it was in the grip of the Mormon church whose attitude was, in the words of openly gay State Senator Jim Dabakis, “These are sinners. This is God’s revenge.” While the trifecta of directors don’t go for pushing emotional buttons you may find yourself tearing up a few times – especially when the newspaper death notices are zoomed out from and become an obituaries quilt."
Quiet Heroes is available to watch on Amazon.
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Thank you to everyone who has watched NO CRIME IN SIN so far! We have been delighted to hear the reviews and comments as the film’s important message continues to spread.
