A new documentary tells of the social injustices faced by the couple at the heart Holding the Man – but it almost didn’t see the light of day
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The first scenes in Remembering the Man – a new documentary that explores the 16-year romance between writer and activist Timothy Conigrave and his lover John Caleo – feature Conigrave himself as the narrator.
Having died in October 1994, shortly after completing his memoir Holding the Man, Conigrave could never have known that what he wrote would go on to become one of Australia’s most beloved non-fiction books. Nor could he have known he would one day be posthumously narrating a moving account of their relationship and the forces he and Caleo battled against, including homophobia, bigotry and the virus that eventually struck them both down.
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