Travis
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Special Events
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Tue Apr 14 :Buy Tickets
Q&A with editor Jean Tsien and additional guests after 7:00 show
SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER
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Tue Apr 14
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Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00: The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation with editor Jean Tsien and additional guests.
DOC NYC and Jean Tsien present a retrospective screening of the late Academy Award-nominated documentarian Richard Kotuk’s final film TRAVIS, which won a posthumous Peabody Award for Kotuk in 1998. TRAVIS follows Travis Jefferies, age six and living with full-blown AIDS, whose strong spirit, generous smile, and outgoing personality are belied by the pain and isolation forced upon him by his condition. Poignant and painfully honest, Travis documents the complex life of a vital child born with a terminal disease who, with the help of experimental drug therapy and his grandmother’s love and support, struggles to survive and pursue a happy life.
Screening as part of DOC NYC Selects Spring 2026
- Country USA
- Year 1997
- Running Time 57 minutes
- Format DCP
- Distributor DOC NYC Selects
- Director Richard Kotuk
- Cast Travis Jefferies, Geneva Jefferies, Ilene Rabinowitz, Lourdes Rodriguez, Susan Spadafora, Travis Jefferies, Geneva Jefferies, Ilene Rabinowitz, Lourdes, Susan Spadafora
- Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil
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