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Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Original title: Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Year: 1996
Running time: 90 min.
Country: United States
Director: Monte Bramer
Screenwriter: Monte Bramer
Cast: Documentary
Music: Jon Ehrlich
Genre: Documentary | Biography. Gay & Lesbian. AIDS
Synopsis: Paul Monette was a well-regarded gay novelist who (after losing two long-term companions to AIDS) wrote Becoming A Man: Half a Life Story, a memoir which won the Nation Book Award. Ironically, Monette began to receive his greatest acclaim as a writer and produced his deepest and most personal works after he was diagnosed with AIDS. Monette bravely battled the disease's debilitating effects as he struggled to continue his work as a writer and an impassioned AIDS activist before succumbing to the disease in 1995. Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End is a documentary about his life and work that combines home movies and news footage with interviews with Monette, his friends, and his peers. Linda Hunt provides narration, while Jonathan Fried reads from Monette's works.

Awards: 1997: Sundance: Audience Award

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Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

1996

Monte Bramer

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