Shimmering, kinetic, blue-black images of dancers accompany an impassioned rereading of a eulogy for Sylvester, a.k.a. “Dooni” (1947–1988), the legendary “Queen of Disco.” Weaving mourning with movement, Kevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. Harold’s (Black Bus Stop, NYFF57) film reanimates gospel singer and preacher Walter Hawkins’s words, which mark a small but pivotal moment in the history of HIV/AIDS, channeling their sense of grief and celebration into the present.
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