Queering the Canon: ZERO PATIENCE (1993)

DCP Restoration

Writer/director John Greyson conjures an audacious musical satire of love and loss, sex and science, history and hysteria in the age of AIDS. Renowned Victorian Sir Richard Burton plans a sensationalist museum display focusing on “Patient Zero,” the gay French-Canadian flight attendant accused of bringing AIDS to North America; but the exhibit is put on pause by the appearance of Patient Zero’s ghost, who exposes truths and belts out a few witty ballads that feature singing sphincters, an ACT-UP proxy activist group, and commentary-laded lyrics

Packed with dazzling DIY designs and refreshingly informative candor about HIV/AIDS, ZERO PATIENCE is a feast for both the eye and the mind, as well as an ode to queer reclamation and redemption.

In-person tickets include a post-screening Q&A with John Greyson

Part of Queering the Canon: Totally Radical
$16 In-Person Ticket | $8 for Members
$30 In-Person All Access Pass | $15 for Members
$18 Virtual All Access Pass | $9 for Members
Streaming films do not include filmmaker Q&A's

John Greyson

John Greyson

John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington, Richardo Keens-Douglas, Michael Callan