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Life Support (TV)

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Original title

Life Support

Year

2007

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Nelson George

Screenwriter

Nelson George, Jim McKay, Hannah Weyer

Cast

Music

Stuart Matthewman

Cinematography

Uta Briesewitz

Producer

HBO

Genre

Drama | Disease/illness. AIDS. Drugs. Based on a true story. TV Movie

Synopsis

The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and a AIDS activist in the black community. Inspired by a true story, LIFE SUPPORT uses a mix of actors and real people from the HIV/AIDS community to tell the story of an HIV-positive Brooklyn woman named Ana (Queen Latifah), who channels her energy and regret over past drug addiction into working for Life Support, an AIDS outreach group. Ana, who contracted the virus by sharing drugs with her husband Slick (Wendell Pierce), displays an admirable though obsessive passion for her job that puts her health at risk, and her stubbornness threatens to drive her already fractured family away. Ana's teenage daughter Kelly (Rachel Nicks) is particularly at odds with Ana; she lives with her grandmother Lucille (Anna Deavere Smith), and isn't interested in moving back in with Ana when Lucille announces she's moving to Virginia. When Kelly's HIV-infected gay friend Amare (Evan Ross) disappears, Ana, looking to connect with her daughter while helping a lost soul, throws herself into searching for him. She embarks on a dangerous but necessary journey, and as she seeks to save one life and heal another, Ana learns a poignant lesson about loving and letting go.

Awards: 2007: Emmy: Nominated for Best Actress (Queen Latifah) and Editing

2007: Golden Globe: Best Actress in una miniserie o Movie for TV (Queen Latifah)

2007: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Best Actress TV Movie or Miniseries (Queen Latifah)

2007: Satellite Awards: 2 nominations

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Life Support (TV)

2007

Nelson George

6.1

(60)