Directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | 1985 | USA | 85 min

Presented by Edmonton Men’s Health Collective

RAINBOW VISIONS IS PROUD TO TEAM WITH SAN FRANCISCO’S FRAMELINE FILM FESTIVAL TO PRESENT THIS NEWLY RESTORED VERSION OF ARTHUR J. BRESSAN, JR’s 1985 GAY INDIE CLASSIC.

When 25 year-old yuppie David (David Schachter) volunteers to be a “buddy” to an AIDS patient, the gay community center assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers.

Revolving around the confines of Robert’s Manhattan hospital room, Bressan skillfully unfolds this devastating two-hander (the rest of the cast is only heard off-screen). And as David is changed by knowing Robert, so too are we.

BUDDIES is a timeless portrayal of an entire era in gay history.

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Preceded by the short film: DIX (TEN)

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