Using all archival materials, director Matt Wolf takes viewers back to 1988 Los Angeles in
Another Hayride, his 18-minute short film.
As the AIDS epidemic took hold in the early 1980s, self-help guru Louise Hay created a spiritual boot camp for healing called the Hayride. Her weekly meetings drew dozens, then hundreds of gay men who were dealing with the deadly pandemic.
As hope for life-saving medications would remain a long shot for years, Hay promised that they could overcome AIDS through self-love. Some said this early new age wellness movement was harmful quackery. Others who were suffering said that Louise healed them.