Feminist History Making and Video Remains: A Dialogue with Antoinette Burton

In 1992, James Lamb, an off-Broadway actor, requested that his best friend, Alex Juhasz, videotape him. He was dying and wanted to explain his life; he wanted to be remembered. He was also probably suffering from AIDS dementia, so the interview is part rant, part performance piece, part eulogy. After he died in 1993, the 55-minute tape sat on her shelf. What was to be done with this video legacy?
Published in Jump Cut, 2006-12-01
Vol 48 (Winter 2006)
Topics: AIDS | Archives | Feminist Media | Interviews |