Guest writer Simon Hunt reflects on the short films of Stephen Cummins, which the NFSA has remastered and restored and which premiered as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival during Sydney WorldPride.

Chrissy, a young woman who is living with HIV, makes the difficult decision to go into a hospice to receive care in her final days. 

In 1999, SBS aired filmmaker Jacqui North's documentary 'Chrissy', about her best friend – a young lesbian living with HIV.

Chrissy, a young woman living with HIV has to break the news of her illness to her family. In this clip, Chrissy's mother and sisters recall how they found out about her diagnosis.