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SUMMARY:the heart of the matter
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nFree admission. No advance 
 reservations. Ticketing is on a first come\, first served basis. Seats will 
 not be assigned.\n\nIntroduction by Head of Preservation Jillian Borders 
 and Women’s Film Preservation Fund co-chair and restoration consultant 
 Kirsten Larvick. Q&A with co-director Gini Reticker.\n\nthe heart of the 
 matter\n\nYear: 1994\nCountry: U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 56 
 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nWest Coast Premiere of New Restoration\n\nShot on 
 16mm by an all-women crew\, the heart of the matter is a tender portrait of 
 AIDS activist Janice Jirau and a landmark in feminist documentary history. 
 The film traces Jirau’s transformation from devoted wife to fearless 
 public health advocate after she contracts HIV from a husband who refused 
 to practice safer sex\, a story told with devastating clarity. Her journey 
 is braided with a Greek chorus of HIV-positive women from diverse 
 backgrounds whose testimonies dismantle the comforting myth that only 
 “certain kinds” of women are at risk. In a pivotal scene\, Jirau 
 delivers a poignant account of surviving abuse from the pulpit of a Black 
 church\, and directors Gini Reticker and Amber Hollibaugh linger on the 
 congregation’s embrace — an image that cuts through the stigma and 
 stereotypes that defined the era.\n\nCompleted at the edge of feature 
 length\, the production itself was a political struggle\, shaped by a 
 protracted fundraising battle in a culture that routinely devalued 
 women’s stories\, and people with AIDS. That tension gives the film its 
 palpable urgency. It is direct and unafraid to ask viewers to reflect on 
 their own relationship to HIV transmission risk\, a conversation the 
 filmmakers also carried into public screenings.\n\nThe collaboration 
 brought together a remarkable team\, including cinematographers Ellen Kuras 
 and Maryse Alberti early in their careers\, whose camera work gives the 
 film both tenderness and resolve. Premiering at Sundance\, where it won the 
 Freedom of Expression Award\, and later broadcast on PBS in 1994\, the 
 heart of the matter ultimately helped change policy through a grassroots 
 impact campaign — and became a model for activist filmmaking for 
 generations to come.—Beandrea July\n\nDirectors: Gini Reticker\, Amber 
 Hollibaugh. Producers: Gini Reticker\, Amber Hollibaugh. Cinematographers: 
 Ellen Kuras\, Maryse Alberti. Editor: Ann Collins. With: Janice 
 Jirau.\n\nRestoration funding provided by Women’s Film Preservation Fund 
 of New York Women in Film & Television and the UCLA Film & Television 
 Archive. Restored by Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in 
 Film & Television and the UCLA Film & Television Archive from 16mm A/B 
 original negative rolls\, D2 and U-Matic tapes. Laboratory services by 
 Colorlab\, Endpoint Audio Labs. Special thanks to Gini Reticker\, Kirsten 
 Larvick.
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/16741724
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