Film · Conversation · Care
A diagnosis is a chapter, not the whole story.
They Live Beyond brings films about living with HIV into community rooms across America, then hands the microphone to the people who live it.
World premiere
Beyond the Diagnosis at Peachtree Village International Film Festival, Atlanta
Friday, November 6, 2026 · Screening 6:30 PM · Tara Theatre, Screening Room B · Streaming the same day on JaroGO
Stigma ends where conversation begins.
We use film and first-person storytelling to reduce HIV stigma, center the voices of people living with HIV, and connect communities to care.
Stories
Films and first-person storytelling that show the whole person, starting with the award-winning documentary Beyond the Diagnosis.
Conversation
Community screenings and panels led by people living with HIV, with room for every honest question, including anonymous ones.
Connection
Every event links people to testing, treatment, PrEP and support through local health partners. Free, confidential and in the room.
The film
Beyond the Diagnosis
Beyond the Diagnosis takes viewers beyond the numbers of the HIV epidemic in Louisiana and the Deep South and into the lives shaped by it. Featuring Dr. Joyce Turner-Keller, Millicent Foster and Dominique Grant, the documentary confronts stigma head-on while spotlighting the advocates working to change outcomes in their communities.
Directed by Meo Kellerman & Rafael Cherry · Documentary · 60 min · 2026 · An Ourconic Entertainment film
Featured voices
Three women. Three stories beyond the diagnosis.
Dr. Joyce Turner-Keller
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Minister, writer, community organizer and HIV/AIDS health educator, and founder of the nonprofit Aspirations. Her advocacy has been honored by President Barack Obama, members of Congress and two Louisiana governors.
Millicent Foster
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Community advocate, public speaker and family educator on health and HIV criminalization. Her advocacy is boots on the ground: fighting stigma, championing criminalization reform and lending her voice to those still finding theirs.
Dominique Grant
Jackson, Mississippi
Nationally recognized HIV advocate, speaker and HIV case manager, and founder of the movement Walking In My Reality. Through faith-informed advocacy she reminds others that HIV is not the end of their story.
Atlanta · November 6–7, 2026
World premiere weekend
Community screenings
Upcoming events
World premiere
Beyond the Diagnosis — World Premiere
Peachtree Village International Film Festival · Tara Theatre, Screening Room B, Atlanta · Red carpet 5:00 PM · Screening 6:30 PM
For PVIFF festival attendees only
Roundtable Conversation
Courtland Grand Hotel, Atlanta · 9:00–10:00 AM · The morning after the premiere, with the women of the film, the filmmaking team and healthcare advocates. Not open to the general public.
Free, confidential HIV testing on site, provided by MPOWERR Health & Wellness of Atlanta.
Now booking · Date open
World AIDS Day · December 1, 2026
This date is open. Host a screening of Beyond the Diagnosis for your campus, congregation, clinic or community on World AIDS Day. The next window after that is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2027.
Now booking
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day · February 7, 2027
Host a screening of Beyond the Diagnosis for your campus, congregation, clinic or community during the next awareness window.
Host a screening
A screening is an intervention.
The conversation after the film is where stigma shifts, questions surface and audiences connect to testing, prevention and care. Bring Beyond the Diagnosis to your health department, campus, congregation or community.
About 2 hours
Film + panel
The 60-minute film and a moderated conversation with the filmmakers, featured advocates (subject to availability) and local health voices.
2.5 to 3 hours
Film + action event
The screening paired with on-site HIV testing, PrEP and PEP education tables and a community resource fair.
Flexible
Classroom or training
The film in segments with a facilitated discussion guide, built for courses, provider training and student organizations.
Built for the rooms doing the work
Health departments and clinics · Universities and HBCUs · Faith communities · Community-based and AIDS service organizations
Every host receives
A licensed screening file with captions · A facilitated discussion guide and resource handouts · A promotional kit · Panelist coordination · Pre- and post-screening audience surveys
Truth over fear
What people living with HIV want you to know.
Undetectable equals untransmittable. People who keep an undetectable viral load do not transmit HIV sexually.
HIV is a manageable health condition. People who start and stay on treatment can expect long, full lives.
PrEP is highly effective at preventing HIV when taken as prescribed. Testing is free at every screening.
In the press
Give
Fill a room. Change a conversation.
Your gift covers screening fees, venue costs, panelist honoraria and testing supplies, so every event stays free for the community.
They Live Beyond is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 42-5009069. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.