• ELIXHER
• On December 1, 2012

Today is World AIDS Day. In observance, filmmaker tiona.m. is presenting an extended 6-minute excerpt of her short film Bumming Cigarettes-A Short Film for viewing starting at 12pm.

Bumming Cigarettes is a short film about a brief and intimate meeting between a young Black lesbian woman who is in the process of taking an HIV test and a middle aged Black Gay HIV Positive man. Coming off of the devastation of a bad breakup with a girlfriend, Vee musters up the courage to go and take an HIV test to put her worst fears to rest. What she experiences during her trip to a local clinic is much more than she expects while sharing a cigarette with a stranger, Jimmy during the 10 minutes that she awaits her test results. This film explores tough issues that persons living with HIV/AIDS may encounter such as the loss of intimacy with loved ones while also encouraging awareness around HIV/AIDs testing and the way we treat persons living with the disease.

You can watch the preview at www.harrietsgunmedia.com