Documenting a Gay Saint

Tonight we talk to filmmakers Bob Ostertag and Daniel Nicoletta about a soon-to-be produced documentary, Thanks to Hank.

Thanks to Hank is the story of a gay saint, a liberation movement, a plague, and an approach to gay activism that puts poor people first. 

Hank Wilson was the fiercest gay activist you never heard of.  In San Francisco during the 1970s and 80s, Hank was the Johnny Appleseed of gay liberation. Everywhere he went new organizations sprang up. Many are still with us. The AIDS Candlelight vigil he put together, five years before the formation of ACTUP, is now the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, organized by 1,200 community organizations in 115 countries. 

This documentary will tell his story with the help of star of Orange is the New Black Lea DeLaria, former California State Assembyperson Tom Ammiano, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and the Kronos Quartet.

With co-host, Brody Levesque.