Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Academy Museum, Los Angeles
A tremendous, handmade monument to the lives lost to AIDS, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt demonstrates that grief and activism together can manifest a powerful symbol of resilience. Winner of the 1989 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, this moving film explores the human stories obscured by statistics, examining the cross-section of identities affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as efforts to combat the stigma, misinformation, and political obstruction that deepened the crisis. This screening is co-presented with the Foundation for The AIDS Monument, which will open STORIES: The AIDS Monument in West Hollywood Park on November 16, 2025. Programmed by K.J. Relth-Miller.