#bumming cigarettes

[thesoberbitch]

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I gotta quit bumming cigarettes from the wrong guys.

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Join me tomorrow Monday, December 1, 2014, 6:00 PM!!!

In recognition of a Day With(out) Art / World AIDS Day, Upenn's Arthur Ross Gallery presents a screening of Bumming Cigarettes, a short film by Philadelphia filmmaker Tiona McClodden as a featured program for the current exhibition HENRIQUE OLIVEIRA: Adenocalcinoma Poliresidual

***A Q+A with Director Tiona McClodden and cast members Alia Hatch+James Tolbert III will follow the screening.

Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA., 215.898.2083 | www.upenn.edu/ARG |

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Cineaste, America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema.

My short film Bumming Cigarettes is mentioned in this article detailing the inclusion of the history of HIV/AIDS within cinema on Cineaste Magazine's website.

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.

Alia Hatch makes a strong debut in this short film, as a young Black lesbian woman looking to discover her status. This is a breakthrough performance for James Tolbert, a native Philadelphian and professional actor living with HIV for 21 years. Alia and James deliver a moving performance in this film that explores complex issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic including the loss of intimacy and stigma that persons living with HIV/AIDS may encounter, while also encouraging awareness around HIV/AIDS testing and the way we treat persons living with the disease.

WATCH: Bumming Cigarettes Film Trailer

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Tiona McClodden: Film Screening & Director's Talk Bumming Cigarettes & Selected FILMS

Philly Queer Media | 2014 Media Activism Series

The Rotunda | 4014 Walnut Street |Philadelphia, PA 19104

Sunday | April 13, 2014 | FREE ADMISSION | 5pm  RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/626388330763376/

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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.

Watch the trailer here: http://www.harrietsgunmedia.com/bumming-cigarettes