What Wondrous Love is This: Preview Screening
7–8:30pm
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Join Poster House for a preview screening of What Wondrous Love Is This in connection with the exhibition Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS.
In this extraordinary film, Brooklyn-based journalist and director Tim Chaffee explores the life and work of his mother, Dr. Barbara Chaffee, a public health doctor in Binghamton, New York, who confronted the synonymous epidemics of drug addiction, AIDS, and HIV in the 1980s and ’90s, later facing a personal struggle of her own with cancer.
After her death, Tim interviewed Barbara’s friends, colleagues, and the patients she had cared for, hoping to better understand the mother he had just lost. What emerged was the story of a small upstate community that came together to respond to one of the first modern public health crises. Through living memory and archival footage, Tim documents his mother’s steadfast commitment to her patients and her determination to persuade institutions to care for individuals.
Tim Chaffee is a former producer for the New York Times and Yahoo News, where he has spent more than five years developing new forms of journalism using virtual and augmented-reality technologies. His work includes investigations of war, music, art, and culture and he has been honored with multiple National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards as well as an Excellence in Immersive Storytelling Award. This is Tim’s first feature film.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.