November 9, 2011 (NEW YORK) –
here! TV (
www.heretv.com), the world’s leading premium gay television network, proudly presents the original documentary
30 Years From Here, featuring real‐life accounts from the decades‐long war against AIDS. The special premieres
November 25, 2011, exclusively on
here! TV and
here! Online,
here! TV’s premium online subscription video player found at
http://premium.heretv.com/.
“When
here! TV’s General Manager,
Eric Feldman, and I began discussing plans to make a documentary looking back at the last the 30 years of the AIDS pandemic, the most difficult part was deciding on what part of this massive epic to tell.
30 Years From Here is just one story among millions. Focusing primarily on the epidemic and how it unfolded in New York City, we follow a timeline that shows where it began, what has been accomplished, and how we arrived here,” says
Josh Rosenzweig,
here! TV’s Senior Vice President of Original Programming & Development.
30 Years From Here examines the trials and tribulations the AIDS pandemic has created over the past 30 years. The documentary looks at how this nondiscriminatory disease has affected many lives over many years. Hear personal accounts from people who were there in the beginning and have seen both the sorrow over lives lost and the hope generated by advances in medical research. Activists, medical experts, and people who were on the ground describe their stories from the war on AIDS. Interviewees include playwright
Terrence McNally; activist and ACT UP found
Larry Kramer;
Marjorie Hill, CEO of Gay Men’s Health Crisis; physician
Frank Spinelli; director and choreographer
Jerry Mitchell; and radio talk show host
Larry Flick.
To obtain a screener of
30 Years From Here, please contact Mark Umbach at
mark.umbach@heremedia.com.
New and upcoming original
here! TV series and specials include
Just Josh, a new talk show hosted by fan favorite
Josh Rosenzweig;
Boombox, a retro music video series hosted by rap performance artist
Cazwell;
Threesome,
here! TV’s roundtable discussion as celebrity panelists answer viewers questions regarding sex, dating, and relationships; and
Behind the Bar, an insider’s glimpse at the best mixologists working today.
Get exclusive
here! TV updates on Facebook at
www.Facebook.com/HereTelevision and on Twitter at @heretv.
About Here Media
Here Media Inc. produces and distributes niche content across all platforms worldwide. Here Media’s iconic brands distribute gay media with universal, humanistic appeal. Its distribution platforms include television, VOD, broadband, online, print, and mobile.
Here Media owns and operates a variety of media assets, including:
• Iconic brands including Out, The Advocate, here! TV, Gay.com, and Alyson Books.
• Web properties including Gay.net, Advocate.com, Out.com, OutTraveler.com, and SheWired.com.
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