Southern Son Shine is a short documentary centering Black gay men living with HIV through Southern storytelling, art, and ancestral memory. Rooted in the griot tradition, the film reframes the South as a place of survival, softness, and becoming, where faith, masculinity, queerness, and healing intersect. Through intimate reflection and creative expression, Southern Son Shine honors lived experience as cultural testimony, illuminating joy, resilience, and the enduring light found when Black Southern stories are told with truth and care.