August Without Him

Hirata Yukata became the first man in Japan to publicly acknowledge that he had contracted HIV through gay sex. Filmed over a series of months, the documentary contrasts his public life as an outspoken figure on the lecture circuit with his personal descent into illness and death.

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast: Hirata Yukata

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.