Leaving December 1

Directed by John Greyson | 101 mins | 1993
Toronto New Wave fixture and queer activist Greyson’s wildly original work—part-protest film, part-comic musical fantasy—depicts the most unlikely romance between immortal Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton (now employed at the Toronto Natural History Museum!) and the ghost of the subject of his research, the flight attendant allegedly responsible for introducing HIV to North America.