Sun. Dec. 1 – World AIDS Day

Doors – 5:30 PM 

Film – 6:30 PM 

Tickets – FREE (RSVP and Donate at the link)

1hr 51min | NR | Drama/Comedy | United States 

In attendance: Director Tom E. Brown

Live Organ Pre-show

100% of donation proceeds will go directly to our LGBTQ+ community partners for their ongoing work in the community

The Event

Bugsby Pictures and the Senate Theater present free public film screening and discussion to commemorate World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day has become one of the most widely recognized international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, honor those who have died, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.

The Feature Film

When a struggling writer, HIV-positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too much. In this new era of sort-of universal care, can he take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own? Danny Glover, James Roday Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander, and Robin Weigert star in PUSHING DEAD, a film about being strengthened by a challenge, not weakened by a disease.

The Writer/Director

Tom E. Brown (in attendance) is about to celebrate his 40-year anniversary living with HIV. Tom’s films have been featured at the American Museum of Natural History, the Walker Art Center, and the Guggenheim. He is a Rockefeller Foundation and Sundance Institute fellow. Tom has given lectures across the country focusing on his experience with chronic illness and how he finds the funny in the ache.

Community Partners

• Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center
• Cinema Lamont
• Ferndale Pride
• LGBT Detroit

Additional Support

• Sundance Institute
• Synergetic Distribution

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue