Science in the Cinema - Life Support

Date: Wed, August 6th 2008
Additional Time Info: 7:00 p.m.
External Link: Event Website
Related Series: Science in the Cinema - Free Film Series
Event Tags: The Movies
Location: AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center

Life Support
Date:	August 6
Time:	7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location:	AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Guest Speaker:	Lauren V. Wood, M.D., Senior Clinical Investigator, CAPT 0-6, United States Public Health Service, Vaccine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Medical Theme:	HIV/AIDS, Community Outreach, Drug Addiction, Social Activism

	When Ana (Queen Latifah, in her first Emmy-nominated role) receives her HIV-positive diagnosis, she struggles to overcome her drug addiction and dedicates herself to the fight against HIV infection in the black community. But her bigger battle may be to repair her fractured family. This drama is based on the life of AIDS activist Andrea Williams, sister of writer-director Nelson George. Wendell Pierce and Anna Deavere Smith co-star.

	Starring:	Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Vianca Mercedes, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Gloria Reuben, Tony Rock, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Limary Agosto, Carlo Alban, Sidne Anderson, Dorothea Golden, Chyna Layne
	Genre:	Biography/Drama
	Year:	2007
	Run Time:	1 hour, 30 minutes
	Rating:	This HBO film has not been rated by the MPAA.