<P> Silverlake Life: The View from Here is a 1993 documentary film by director Peter Friedman (not the actor of the same name) and Tom Joslin . Shot with a hand - held video camera, the film documents the final months of a relationship between two gay men--Tom Joslin (November 29, 1946 - July 1, 1990) and his partner, Mark Massi (died July 1, 1991)--as they both struggle to deal with AIDS . The journey that Tom and Mark face as two partners dying of AIDS is to demonstrate realistically how their lives changed . Everyday tasks became chores until the last day of Tom's life came upon them . The honest and realistic portrayal allows the audience to see behind the scenes of a person affected by HIV . </P> <P> The film won several awards including a 1994 Peabody Award . It shared the 1993 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival with the film Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family . </P>

Silverlake life the view from here (1993)