‘Compromised Immunity’ is a video adaptation of Andy Kirby’s play of the same name, produced by Gay Sweatshop for the Gay Times Festival in 1986. The film follows Peter Dennett, a heterosexual nurse and Jerry Griond, a gay man with AIDS who has lost his job, home and lover. With contrasting prejudices and assumptions about sexuality, AIDS and each other, the patient and nurse relationship is at first tense and terse. But as Peter continues to care for Jerry in his final weeks, Jerry’s disillusionment begins to soften, and a meaningful understanding emerges between them.