The AIDS Show (Artists Involved with Death and Survival) is a 1984 American collaboratively written theatre piece created to address the social impact HIV/AIDS had on the LGBTQ community.
[1] Directed by Leland Moss, the show was more like a review than a play, as it consisted of a series of vignettes built predominantly from the real-life experiences of the cast.
A notable tour performance took place before the Shanti Project, an organization that trained people to support and guide those who were living with terminal illnesses.
Audience members within the community praised the show for giving form to their experiences, while those in the cast said the play offered a medium for confronting the epidemic.
The result is a film which consists of interviews featuring several members of the cast and crew, separated by scenes from the production, all in conversation with the current events of San Francisco.