@pinknews: Tilda Swinton has reflected on the devastating toll of the AIDS crisis, revealing she attended 43 funerals in 1994 – including that of her close friend and collaborator, filmmaker Derek Jarman. Speaking on BBC Woman’s Hour, she said: “I went to 43 funerals that year, and one of them was Derek’s in the February. But that’s what our life was like then, and it bears repeating because I know that there’s a younger generation that has somehow missed out on knowing enough about it.” Swinton’s very first film role was in Jarman’s ‘Caravaggio’ (1986) and she went on to work with him on seven more films. #TildaSwinton #DerekJarman #AIDS #aidscrisis #lgbtqia