Alex Langford

Alex Langford is an author and filmmaker based in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Michigan, majoring in Journalism with a minor in Film. Alex worked as a writer/producer for ABC-Disney, producing news segments for KGO-TV’s entertainment and sports departments. Later, he became an author, publishing two novels. Last year, he adapted his latest novel, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, into a full-length screenplay. It is a coming-of-age romantic comedy with strong themes of gender identity, LGBT and the meaning of love. Alex has produced a short film based on the screenplay, with the objective of producing the feature soon.

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Survivor's Remorse

It was New Year’s Eve, 1995. Essex Hemphill, Easy-E, and Glenn Burke had all died of complications from AIDS in the past few months. A shadow of death was all around the Bay Area. Still, life went on, at least for some of us in San Francisco. A few friends had gathered in an apartment to wrest whatever happiness we could from an end of the year celebration.

We later discovered that 1995 was the peak for AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. It claimed over 41,000 Americans that year. 

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Survivor's Remorse