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Life Support
- Director: Nelson George
- Writer: Nelson George; Jim McKay
- Producer: Mark A. Baker; Otis Best
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The AIDS drama has (nearly) left the gay community.
African-American positive women take centre stage...but, it's the young gay boy who lets it all slide away.
A fine piece of film-making.
Responsible and deeply moving.
Important - never forget.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In Brooklyn, New York, the former crack addicted Ana Wallace is HIV positive and is a volunteer in the Life Support, an organization that promotes a fight against AIDS in the African American community. Ana wanders through the streets handing out condoms and helping people with AIDS through lectures and advices. She lives with her mate Slick, who has transmitted AIDS to her, and their little daughter Kim. She has lost the custody of her older daughter Kelly that lives with her estranged mother Lucille. When Kelly's childhood gay friend Amare, who is sick and rejected by his sister Tanya, vanishes on the streets of Brooklyn, Ana seeks him out and tries to save him. Meanwhile Lucille decides to move to Virginia with Kelly, and Ana reflects about her life and the relationship with Kelly.
Cast & Characters
Queen Latifah as Ana;
Vianca Mercedes as Drug addict;
Anna Deavere Smith as Lucille;
Wendell Pierce as Slick;
Rachel Nicks as Kelly;
Evan Ross as Amare;
Gloria Reuben as Sandra;
Tony Rock as Ness;
Darrin Dewitt Henson as MJ2;
Tracee Ellis Ross as Tanya;
Limary Agosto as Woman #1;
Carlo Alban as Andre;
Sidne Anderson as Sister Bernice;
Dorothea Golden as Peer Counselor #1;
Chyna Layne as Deyah