One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room
1994
79 minutes
Overview
Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room This thoughts and feelings of gays with AIDS are revealed in this documentary set in a New York West Village clinic. One of the patients dies during the course of the film. The patients speak with candor and humor about their grave condition, about the support they give each other, and about their preparations for death. The outcome alternates between pathos and the upbeat.
Top Cast
Jonathan Demme
Narrator
Juan Botas
Bernard Morisset
Daniel Chapman
Gene Fedorko
Joe Picciotti
Paul Curtis Bellman
Dallas Wingo
Luis Hernández
Ron Pullen
Tyrone Speight
Jeffrey Virden
Steven Landman