# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pride: BUDDIES (1985)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A Community Collaborations event co-presented through a generous partnership with Iowa City Pride 

Presented in collaboration with University of Iowa Health Care and PITCH (Positive Iowans Taking Charge) with post-screening panel discussion

Arthur J. Bressan Jr. (Gay USA) created this indie masterpiece in 1985, which was the first feature-length drama about AIDS. When 25 year-old gay yuppie David (David Schachter) volunteers to be a "buddy" to an AIDS patient, the gay community center assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned gay California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers. Revolving around the confines of Robert's Manhattan hospital room, Bressan skillfully unfolds this devastating two-hander (the rest of the cast is only heard offscreen). As David gazes out at the piers and rooftops of Manhattan, we hear his deftly scripted diary entries in voiceover. And as David is changed by knowing Robert, so, too, are we. In the simplicity of the story and the elegance of its unfolding, Buddies achieves a rare perfection. It's a timeless portrayal of an entire era in gay history.

Buddies has long been unavailable, and Frameline is proud to present the new 2K digital restoration created by Vinegar Syndrome. Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, presented the film's original world premiere on September 12th, 1985 at the Castro Theatre as a benefit for the Shanti Project, with Bressan and his cast in attendance. Five days later, on September 17th 1985, President Ronald Reagan said the word "AIDS" in public for the first time. Sadly, Bressan and actor Geoff Edholm both died of AIDS, in 1987 and 1989 respectively.

Buddies was scripted in San Francisco in five days with input from friends with AIDS. It was shot independently in nine days in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco with a budget of approximately $27,000. Bressan said "For me there is a real moral issue in going around and raising several hundred thousand dollars to make a movie about the pain and suffering and lives of people with AIDS who can't make rent and are living on food stamps. I really felt I'd better make Buddies small, low budget, and powerful...I did not want to spend a year or two doing an AIDS movie which should be made now."
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/iowa-city/pride-buddies-1985/200029133092555
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, theatre, business, performances, festivals, health-wellness, nonprofit, lgbt-pride
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: FilmScene (at The Chauncey)
- **lat**: 41.65914
- **long**: -91.52987
- **full address**: FilmScene (at The Chauncey), 404 E College St.,Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Pride: BUDDIES (1985) being held?
  - **A:** Pride: BUDDIES (1985) takes place on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm at FilmScene (at The Chauncey), 404 E College St.,Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Pride: BUDDIES (1985)?
  - **A:** Pride: BUDDIES (1985) is organized by FilmScene.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Pride: BUDDIES (1985) is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Iowa City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Pride: BUDDIES (1985) sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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