Inspired by a collection of personal notebooks, this feature-length director’s cut of the short film by the same name is an experimental documentary on art, AIDS and activism. Following James Wentzy from South Dakota to New York City, the film traces his days from struggling and surviving as an artist to later becoming an AIDS video activist. In showcasing a unique individual through his involvement with the fight against AIDS and his tireless frontline reportage of the crisis, The Books of James is an intimate portrait of a neglected everyman/hero and unearths a time now forgotten.
Ho Tam
Director
James Wentzy
Self / Narrator (voice)
W.P. Wentzy
Self
David Gasperik
Self
Darrel Ellis
Self
James Dee
Self
Jonathon Chin
Self
Michael Mitchell
Self
Larry Kramer
Self
Aldyn McKean
Self
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