Experimental documentary
by Alexandra Juhasz, 2005
In 1993, Alex shoots an interview with her best friend Jim as he tries to recount his life as he is dying. In 2004, she re-works this haunting video, playing it in real-time but letting bleed in a host of present day interviewees who also reflect upon AIDS, death, activism, and video.
“The Video/Activism of Juanita M. Szczepanski,”
by Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski, 2022
Juanita Mohammed Szczepanski (1957–2022) was a prolific AIDS activist videomaker. This is her final work, made in collaboration with friend and longtime collaborator, Alexandra Juhasz.
Death Bed/Legacy video
by Alexandra Juhasz, 1993
Alex shoots Jim (James Robert Lamb) on Miami Beach at his invitation in 1990 with her VHS camcorder and on top of a previously used VHS tape. This precious and complicated footage becomes her responsibility and hence, is used as the basis for her experimental documentaries about him (and others), Video Remains (2005) and Please Hold (2025).
Honor the video’s commitments to community-based dialogue, trust, and responsibility.