Pushing Dead

Institute History

Description

Dan is a struggling writer who lives paycheck to paycheck, working the door at a small San Francisco nightclub. Although he's been HIV positive for over 15 years, most of Dan's problems aren't physical — his psyche is more of an issue than his T-cells. When the great State of California suspends his medical coverage, and his two-thousand-dollar-a-month combo of multicolored, multi-tasking AIDS drugs are cut off, the daily grind and psychodrama get just a little more confusing.

Keeping the pharmaceutical cocktail in his life isn't Dan's only preoccupation. Dan's desire to find a man is always on his mind. The dreaded AIDS discussion, however, is enough to keep him far away from the dating scene. Not that he's the only one with relationship problems; Dan's boss, Bob is a surly senior who's trying to adjust to the single life after his wife of 55 years tossed him out of the house, while Dan's best friend, Paula, is building a meaningful, if desperate, relationship with a stuffed animal.

PUSHING DEAD offers an insider's view of one man's life with AIDS. From the hilariously offbeat to the painfully banal, the triumphs and the struggles of battling America's number one virus are explored in this film about being strengthened by a challenge, not weakened by a disease.

Credits

As you use our Online Archives, please understand that the information presented from Festivals, Labs, and other activities is taken directly from official publications from each year. While this information is limited and doesn't necessarily represent the full list of participants (e.g. actors and crew), it is the list given to us by the main film/play/project contact at the time, based on the space restrictions of our publications. Each entry in the Online Archives is meant as a historical record of a particular film, play, or project at the time of its involvement with Sundance Institute. For this reason, we can only amend an entry if a name is misspelled, or if the entry does not correctly reflect the original publication. If you have questions or comments, please email [email protected]