UNCLE HOWARD

By Aaron BROOKNER

THE FILM COLLABORATIVE - as DISTR

Biography - Completed 2015


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2016
U.S. Documentaries
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Biography, Second film, LGBT
    • Countries
    • USA, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aaron BROOKNER
    • Writer(s)
    • Aaron BROOKNER
    • Producer(s)
    • Paula VACCARO (Pinball London), Jim JARMUSCH (Exo Skeleton)
    • Synopsis
    • When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his narrative debut, Bloodhounds of Broadway. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find the lost negative of Burroughs: The Movie, his uncle's critically-acclaimed portrait of legendary author William S. Burroughs. When Aaron uncovers Howard's extensive archive in Burroughs’ bunker, it not only revives the film for a new generation, but also opens a vibrant window on New York City’s creative culture from the 1970s and ‘80s, and inspires a wide-ranging exploration of his beloved uncle's legacy.