Michael Balser
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Video maker, curator, producer, AIDS activist. New Brunswick-bred Michael Balser was part of the experimental video and Super 8 scene in Fredericton and Ottawa before finally putting down roots in Toronto in 1985. Balser continued his prolific output, combining activist documentary with experimental narrative and collage, up until his death in 2002. Dialogue said by an āAIDS Activist Action Figureā in his 1996 film Treatments might be thought of as his parting words: ā...if Iām going to go, at least Iām going to go out fighting.ā
