›The Heart of the Matter‹, USA 1994, Direction: Gini Reticker, Amber Hollibaugh
Copyright: IndieCollect
The Heart of the Matter
Si̇nema Transtopia
Shot on 16 mm by a women-led crew, ‘The Heart of the Matter’ boldly confronts the silence surrounding women and AIDS through the voices of HIV-positive women and the personal journey of activist Janice Jirau. Exposing how race, gender, class and religion intersect to magnify risk, the film pulsates with urgency. Winning Sundance’s Freedom of Expression Award and screening at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, the documentary became a model for activist filmmaking and a catalyst for real-world policy change.
USA 1994, Gini Reticker, Amber Hollibaugh, 60 min, OV
Introduction: Gini Reticker, Kirsten Larvick (IndieCollect, New York)
In English
| Tickets | €9 |
| When | Fri 24.10.25, 15:00 |
| Where |
Si̇nema Transtopia |
Zusatzinfos im Slider
Film details
Film data
D: Gini Reticker, Amber Hollibaugh
DoP: Ellen Kuras & Maryse Alberti
E: Ann Collins
M: Gregg Mann & Leo Colon
Prod: Gini Reticker
Original format: 16 mm, 4:3, color & b/w
Screening print: DCP, 60 min, IndieCollect, New York
Restoration info
The restoration in 2024 utilized 16 mm original cut negatives for picture and a D2 tape for sound, with extensive but unsuccessful efforts to locate original Nagra reels. Colorlab led the picture restoration. End Point Audio handled sound. Supervision by Gini Reticker, Kirsten Larvick, and Jillian Borders (UCLA).
Gini Reticker
is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director and producer known for ‘The Heart of the Matter’, ‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’, and ‘Asylum’. She co-created PBS’s Women, War & Peace and co-founded Fork Films. As a five-time Sundance alum, she is the executive producer of over twenty award-winning films. Her work – including ‘Ladies First’, ‘The Trials of Spring’, and ‘Peace Unveiled’ – has powerfully championed women’s voices and global human rights.
Kirsten Larvick
is an audiovisual archivist dedicated to saving historic and artist-driven films. As IndieCollect’s Managing Director, she leads efforts to archive and restore independent cinema. Since 2009, she has co-chaired the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, which specializes in feminist works. She founded the Al Larvick Fund in 2014 to digitize home movies. Her credits include Oscar-nominated ‘Asylum’ and ‘Building Bombs’. Larvick collaborates with independent filmmakers to restore and safeguard their work for future generations.