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For the Love of Friends

Documentary Feature Film, 2023

In 1986, to awaken America to the AIDS crisis and to honor the friends he lost, Brent Nicholson Earle runs the perimeter of the United States. In The American Run for the End of AIDS, Brent runs almost a marathon a day for 20 months straight. After enduring blisters, exhaustion, ignorance and fear, he returns home to a life of activism. Though the run finishes, Brent’s fight never stops.

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For the Love of Friends

Writer/Director Cara Consilvio

Produced by
Alex Charner
Cara Consilvio

Executive Producers
Barbara Martínez
David Charner

Cinematographer
Greg Emetaz

Score
Salomon Lerner

Editor
Greg Emetaz

Additional Camera
Abe Halpert
Alex Charner

Sound Design and Mix
Doug Johnson

Location Sound
Jesse Kennedy

Additional Editing
Cara Consilvio

Titles Designer
Alex Charner

Archival Clearance
Cara Consilvio

Archival Research/Scanning
Alex Charner

Production Legal Services
Law Offices of Kathleen Conkey

Interviewees
Brent Nicholson Earle
Anita Ross-Fein
Terrah Keener

Toni Wein
Dave Weir
Charles Leighton
Jackie Leighton
Tomé Cousin
Bill Winkelmann

Peter Link
Roddy Shaul
Derek Liecty

Jeff Bosacki
Robert González

Kathleen Grace Fiori
Cynthia Hennon Marino
Kristyn Michele

Christian Adam Jacobs
Mario Diaz Moresco
Sarah Misch

 

Written by
Cara Consilvio and Brent Nicholson Earle

Directed by
Cara Consilvio

Music Director & Pianist
Gordon Schermer

Produced by
Cara Consilvio
Alex Charner

Executive Produced by
Barbara Martínez
David Charner

Production Staff

Stage Manager
Cynthia Hennon Marino

Stage Designer
Alex Charner

Lighting Designer
Abigail Hoke-Brady

Asst. Lighting Designer
Daniel Schreckengost

Costume Designer
Anthony Paul-Cavaretta

Projections Designer
Cara Consilvio

Projections Operator
Lauren Gismondi

Sound Capture
Red Cottage Audio

Cast

Brent Nicholson Earle
Aaron Casey
Kristyn Michele
Mario Diaz-Moresco
Kathleen Grace Fiori
Christian Adam Jacobs
Sarah Misch

 

Music

Composer
Salomon Lerner

Orchestration
Salomon Lerner
Pedro López

VirtualStudio Orchestra

Conductor
Pedro López

Producer/Asst. Conductor
Eugenio Carreño

Assistant Producer
Iraima Mujica

Recording Engineer
Alonso Lacruz

Mixing Engineer
Carlos “Tato” García

Musicians

Piano
Salomon Lerner

Violin/Concertino
Ollantay Velásquez

Violin
Carlos Vegas, Anna Virginia González, Alexander Suárez, Carlos Perdomo, Nubys Alcalá, Siul Ángel, Ana Laura Chouhebar, Marialejandra Vásquez, Mariangely Rangel, Corina Álvarez and William López

Viola
Mariana Fermín, Mónica Gómez, Otto Rodríguez and Jesús Pérez

Cello
Édgar Calderón, Norma Aparicio, and Leandro Bandres

Bass
Luis Peralta and Leinot Hernández

Flute
Aarón García and José Rangel

Clarinet
Freeman Ramírez and William Mora

Oboe
Andrés Córdova and Joseph González

Bassoon
Selene Salgado

Technicians

Scoring Stage Coordinator
Freddy Alviarez

Sound Technician
Vicente Moreno

Sound Technician
Ricardo Vizcaya

Sound Technician
Rodrigo Mendoza