Zoë Struif, Evi Rohde and Lou Deinhart studied theatre, film and media studies and aesthetics in Frankfurt. As part of their master’s thesis, they spent two years researching queer memory work and AIDS activism in Germany/Frankfurt in the 1980s and 1990s. In cooperation with contemporary witnesses, the research led to ‘DIE UNEINSICHTIGEN – AIDS ACTIVISM IN FRANKFURT,’ a participatory, documentary film and archive project.

Inger Schwarz is a DJ, filmmaker and musician and filmed on Super 8 in the years 94 to 97 as part of the collective at the queer community space ‘Buschwindröschen’ in Cologne. In the framework of the Miesmovie Zine project, Inger also created the film MY FAVOURITE PLAYGROUND. In the 2000s, Inger produced two more Super 8 films together with Kerstin Schleppegrell: KEIN LICHT AM ENDE DER WELT, an experimental gender parody of the Western genre (2005, 4' Super 8, no dialogue), and the experimental sci-fi film UMBRELLA (Inger Schwarz & Kerstin Schleppegrell, Germany 2008, 6', Super 8, no dialogue).

Virginia Wangare Greiner is the founder and chairperson of Maisha e.V., a self-organized association of African women in Germany. For many years, she has been dedicated to advocating for the rights of migrant women, promoting health and HIV/AIDS education, and combating discrimination and racism. Through her work, she amplifies the voices of African women and fosters solidarity and empowerment within the community. The initiatives include health promotion through preventive programs and information sessions on women’s health issues, covering topics such as pregnancy, childbirth, and family health, as well as psychosocial counselling and support in accessing healthcare and medical services.

Source and further informations: www.maisha.org

Ralf Döblitz is a former nurse at Ward 68 for Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis at the Uniklinik Frankfurt. With the largest patient collective in Germany, Ward 68 played a central role in HIV care and medical research during the AIDS pandemic. "Since the early 1980s, Ward 68 has been not only a centre of progressive HIV therapy but also a place of lived solidarity. In 1982, two of Germany’s first four HIV patients were treated here. In the following years, the ward developed into the country’s largest HIV centre. Alongside medical care, the support from volunteers, initiatives, and organisations such as the Frankfurt AIDS-Hilfe shaped the spirit of the ward." (Source)

Ralf Doeblitz is also involved with Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe as part of the “Let’s talk about sex – medical training” program and the Buddy Project, Aidshilfe Frankfurt, particularly at Switchboard. Bar.Café.Kultur, where he works as a bar team member and cultural representative, as well as with the CSD Association Frankfurt am Main. Since 2017, he has been a member of AKTX Transplantationspflege e.V., serving on its board since 2020.

Josefine Hetterich researches and teaches about feminist and queer theory, AIDS video activism, and Cultural Memory Studies at Gutenberg University Mainz. After studying theatre, film and media studies as well as sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt and gender, media and cultural studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, she taught film studies at Goethe University from 2018 to 2023. She then became a member of the graduate college Konfigurationen des Films, where she completed her doctorate in 2025 with the title Remembering Queer Futures: AIDS Media’s Moving Afterlives. She also curated and organised the international conference Jean Carlomusto Made Me Queer: Video Activism, Queer Archives and AIDS Crisis Revisitation (2022) as well as several queer film series in Frankfurt. Her texts have been published in anthologies by Hatje Cantz, De Gruyter and Verbrecher Verlag.