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3.9

68 Ratings

Vito

Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz

United States, 2011

Documentary, LGBT+, History

89

Synopsis

The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of The Celluloid Closet, and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.

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Vito Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz

Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2012

The New York Film Festival

2011

Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2012

2012

Cast & Crew

What are people saying?

Richmond Hill's rating of the film Vito
Richmond Hill

Too neat a bow is tied on selective excerpts from exterior life with little notion of the man in this hurried-through documentary. As with much run-rate documentary it's too smooth, too illustrative and too scared of standing still for a minute to reflect. A maudlin constant-soundtrack spells out required emotions in case you were in any doubt.
January 24, 2019 18:50
- 2
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jacline huet's rating of the film Vito
jacline huet

Très intéressant pour quelqu'un comme moi qui ne connaissait pas Vito.
February 16, 2018 22:47
- 1
- 0

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