The topic this Wednesday August 1, 2018 is the film ‘Vito’ hosted by Fred Philips. Vito is a 2011 film that documents the life of Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990) an American LGBT activist, film historian and author who is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet. Russo was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, and died of AIDS-related complications in 1990. His work was posthumously brought to television in the 1996 HBO documentary film The Celluloid Closet, co-executive produced and narrated by Lily Tomlin.
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