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Rock Bottom follows the journeys
of seven gay men struggling with meth addiction and recovery against a
backdrop of an emerging second wave of HIV infection. From grappling with
the drug’s effects on their physical and mental health to wrestling with
their darkest sexual desires, Rock Bottom delivers a chilling
portrait of a community in crisis. With an unflinching eye the film
captures their stories over a two-year period, from sex clubs to hospitals
to family gatherings.
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| Director/Producer | Jay Corcoran | Peter Staley | ||
| Producer | Colin Weil | CJ | ||
| Executive Producer | Joseph F Lovett | Eric | ||
| Editor | Kenneth Wachtel | Gio | ||
| Assoc Producer/ Asst Editor | Makario Sarsozo | Mark | ||
| Composer | Scott Killian | Raymond | ||
| Asst Editors | Edward Bottger | Scott | ||
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Director's Bio - Jay Corcoran
Jay Corcoran’s first documentary, LIFE AND DEATH ON THE A-LIST, (Critic’s Choice: New York Times, LA Times, LA Weekly, POZ) chronicling the last year of the life of New York actor-model, Tom McBride, was released in September 1997 by Water Bearer Films.
His critically acclaimed second documentary UNDETECTABLE focused on the psychological and physical effects of multi-drug therapies for six HIV+ men and women over a three-year period, has been broadcast nationally on PBS, "Independent Lens" and nationally on NHK in Japan, and has been screened in over 50 film festivals and video outreach programs worldwide, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Mauritius, Brazil and many other countries. UNDETECTABLE received the Shine Award (Los Angeles) for Best Documentary, and Best Documentary, Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, as well as a New York State Artists Grant Award from the NY State Council of the Arts. It was favorably reviewed in The New York Times (Critic's Choice), New York Magazine, Time Out New York, LA Times, LA Weekly, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Weekly, Folha de Sao Paulo, Brasil, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
His short film, NEW YORK DIARY, concerned with the 2001 attacks on the NY World Trade Center and their aftermath, was broadcast in 2002 on New York's PBS affiliate, WNET. He has had screenings at New York's Lincoln Center, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, The Kitchen, and over 50 festivals worldwide.
As an actor he has appeared in the films All The Rage, Positive, Birthday Time. Off-Broadway & Regional: Jerker, Caligula (Circle Rep), King Lear, Island of Anyplace, Party. As a playwright he wrote The Christening, produced at Circle Rep Lab and was a resident at Millay Colony for the Arts. He is a graduate of the American Repertory Theater’s Advanced Theater Training at Harvard and is currently pursuing a Masters of Science in New Media at the Journalism School at Columbia University.
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