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Derek Jarman
The British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.
One of the first high-profile artists to speak openly about having Aids was the British experimental film-maker, Derek Jarman. Jarman had made his name in the 1970s by directing Sebastiane, the first openly gay film in British cinema history. Vincent Dowd speaks to Keith Collins who lived with Jarman during his final years, and cared for him up to his death in 1994.
(Photo: Derek Jarman. Credit: Getty Images)
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