More Americans have been lost to AIDS than in all
the U.S. wars since 1900. But few know of the existence of the national
AIDS memorial, a seven-acre grove and sanctuary hidden in San
Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The Grove shows how one community
responded to its overwhelming grief, and how the seeds of a few
visionaries blossomed into something larger and more provocative than
they could have imagined. How do we mark a time of unimaginable loss?
And what does it mean to be a national memorial? Produced and directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson, this 2012 Official Selection won Best Documentary Feature honors at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. The Independent Weekly calls The Grove, "A heartrending work that provokes questions about the narrative of history and the intentions of memorials." Watch the trailer for this moving documentary here:
