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Bumming Cigarettes

Country: USA, Language: English, 23 mins

  • Director: Tiona McClodden
  • Writer: Tiona McClodden
  • Producer: William Cruse; John Deuel

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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.


Trailer...

Bumming Cigarettes - A Short Film Trailer from Tiona Nekkia McClodden on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Katrina Clark as Lady in Clinic;
Gerloni Cotton as Ex-Girlfriend;
Vincent Du as HIV Counselor;
Alia Hatch as Vee;
Patricia Jones as Lady with Cigarette;
Gary Kramer as Trade throwing Shade;
Kaamilah Milton as Lady in Heels;
Zerandrian Morris as Reese;
Johnny Rans as Man in clinic;
James Tolbert as Jimmy