Parting Glances is an
American film shot in 1984 and released in 1986. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the
Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important movie in the history of
gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the
AIDS/
HIV pandemic. First-time director
Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film.