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New York University: How a Wagner Associate Dean Helped Bring the AIDS Crisis to the Big Screen
November 20, 2018
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- New York University issued the following news release:

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David Schachter Reflects on Starring in the First Feature Film About the Disease

After he filmed Buddies in 1985, David Schachter's life changed. But not in the way you might expect for a young actor who had just starred in a movie. Buddies was not a box office success. Schachter (Tisch BFA, 1982; Wagner MPA, 1994) did not go on to fame and fortune. Instead, he was inspir . . .

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