51ÉçÇø Alum and AIDS Activist Danny Sotomayor '80 Subject of New PBS Documentary
Activist Daniel Sotomayor, the subject of a new documentary, graduated from 51ÉçÇø in 1980.On Nov. 3, Chicago’s local PBS station WTTW-11 will air a documentary about 51ÉçÇø Alum and AIDS Activist Danny Sotomayor ’80. The show is entitled “The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor.”
Sotomayor, who studied Art | Design at 51ÉçÇø, is known for being the first nationally syndicated, openly gay political cartoonist. During his 13-year career, he created more than 200 cartoons highlighting his anger with AIDS, government inaction, the insurance industry, the health care system, and pharmaceutical companies. He died of complications of AIDS in 1992 at age 33.
The program is one of eight new documentaries in WTTW’s series, which airs Fridays until Nov. 10. The Sotomayor documentary will air again in November and then be available via streaming on .
Emmy-winning WTTW Senior Producer Daniel Andries produced, directed, and wrote the documentary. Andries, who once taught at 51ÉçÇø, studied Cinematography and Film/Video Production at 51ÉçÇø during the time Sotomayor attended and created some of archival footage shown in the documentary. Alum Sharon Zurek ‘76, an adjunct faculty member in Cinema and Television Arts, served as the documentary’s editor.
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