"...enduring compassion and determination make the film more hopeful than tragic..." - NY Times
"... an inspiring, uncomplicated portrait of two women who bravely fought the system." - Entertainment Weekly
"Quiet Heroes is duly inspirational just like its central figures" - Variety
glaad Media Awards - Outstanding Documentary Nominee
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THE FIGHT AGAINST STIGMA, SHAME, AND IGNORANCE THROUGH THE HEIGHT OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA’S WEST

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Sundance Film Festival - Official Selection 2018Emmy Award Winner - 2018-2019 Daytime Emmys
BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Official SelectionOUT SHINE Film Festival 2018 - Official Selection MiamiQ DOC Portland Film Festival 2018Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival 2018 - Audience AwardTel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2018 - Official Selection
Cinetopia Film Festival 2018 - Winner Director Award U.S. Documentary Frameline 42 - Official Selection San Francisco International LGBTQ Film FestivalSouthern Circuit 2018-2019 - Official SelectionKoreA Queer Film Festival 2018 - Official SelectionLogo Documentary Films

In Salt Lake City, Utah, the Mormon Church’s influence severely complicated the AIDS crisis, where patients received no support from — or were cast into exile by — the political, religious, and medical communities. Further, Mormon culture encouraged gay men to marry women and have a family to cure themselves of their “affliction,” counsel which led to secret affairs and accidental marital transmissions of HIV. In the entire state and intermountain region there was only one doctor to serve all HIV/AIDS patients. This is the story of her fight to save the lives of a maligned population everyone else seemed willing to just let die.

Credits

VAVANI PRODUCTIONS Presents QUIET HEROES Edited by PATRICK RYAN GASS Director of Photography TORBEN BERNHARD Music by JEREMY CHATELAIN & MATT MATEUS Executive Producers JARED RUGA, JONATHAN M. RUGA & SCOTT F. YOUNG Produced by JARED RUGA, JENNY MACKENZIE & AMANDA STODDARD Directed by JENNY MACKENZIE, JARED RUGA & AMANDA STODDARD