Coming to HBO next Monday, July 23: VITO
Jeffrey Schwarz’s biography of influential LGBT activist and film scholar Vito Russo made its world premiere at the New York Film Festival last year. Since then, it’s had a limited theatrical release while also screening extensively on the festival circuit, with nearly fifty stops including Berlin, Big Sky, Cleveland, Dallas, Frameline, and Outfest. Along the way, the film has claimed awards at Palm Spring, Inside Out, and Seattle LGBT, among others.
I wrote about the doc upon its NY theatrical release here.
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