Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2008

What would you do if you had only six months to live? Meet Gregg Gour, a 48-year-old gay man who has lived with HIV for precisely one half of his life, who has recently received his doctor’s news that he must switch HIV therapies yet again or face certain death within six months, and who has chosen to face just such a question. And what does Gregg do? Gregg embarks on the road trip of his life. In this startling and stirring documentary, Gregg invites the audience along as he liquidates his worldly possessions, packs himself and his dog Cody into an RV, and hits the road on a cross-country pilgrimage for his final visits with family and friends. A Finished Life offers an unflinching account of one man’s decision to consciously experience his own death and the impact of that decision on those who love him. – Brian Herrera