A portrait of the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film
In the 1970s, Pierre was one of the hottest hustlers in Paris, spending his nights with clients who kept him financially comfortable. But the glory days don’t last forever, and in 2007, where BEFORE I FORGET begins, Pierre’s life is very different.
In this extraordinary film, Brooklyn-based journalist and director Tim Chaffee explores the life and work of his mother, Dr. Barbara Chaffee, a public health doctor in Binghamton, New York, who confronted the synonymous epidemics of drug addiction, AIDS, and HIV in the 1980s and ’90s. Through living memory and archival footage, Tim documents his mother’s steadfast commitment to a small upstate community that came together to respond to one of the first modern public health crises.
From money laundering to influence peddling, casino gambling to dabbling in controversial politics, the life of Serge Alexandre, aka Stavisky, flashes before our eyes and we see the making and unmaking of the theatrically charming con artist who used…
From money laundering to influence peddling, casino gambling to dabbling in controversial politics, the life of Serge Alexandre, aka Stavisky, flashes before our eyes and we see the making and unmaking of the theatrically charming con artist who used…
A young Anthony Bourdain stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen
A portrait of the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film
In the 1970s, Pierre was one of the hottest hustlers in Paris, spending his nights with clients who kept him financially comfortable. But the glory days don’t last forever, and in 2007, where BEFORE I FORGET begins, Pierre’s life is very different.
In this extraordinary film, Brooklyn-based journalist and director Tim Chaffee explores the life and work of his mother, Dr. Barbara Chaffee, a public health doctor in Binghamton, New York, who confronted the synonymous epidemics of drug addiction, AIDS, and HIV in the 1980s and ’90s. Through living memory and archival footage, Tim documents his mother’s steadfast commitment to a small upstate community that came together to respond to one of the first modern public health crises.
From money laundering to influence peddling, casino gambling to dabbling in controversial politics, the life of Serge Alexandre, aka Stavisky, flashes before our eyes and we see the making and unmaking of the theatrically charming con artist who used…
From money laundering to influence peddling, casino gambling to dabbling in controversial politics, the life of Serge Alexandre, aka Stavisky, flashes before our eyes and we see the making and unmaking of the theatrically charming con artist who used…
A young Anthony Bourdain stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen