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HALLELUJAH! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance

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Directed by Catherine Saalfield Gund Hallelujah! presents Athey's life and work, spending time with him on and off the stage. An HIV-positive gay man, Athey practices sadomasochistic ritual as a personal religion, using it as a means of transcendence.

Artist / Author Ron Athey
Reference D0926
Date 1997
Type DVD
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