Life Support: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 10, 2007

Starring: Gloria Reuben, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce

Summary: This topical, made-for-HBO movie deals with AIDS in the African-American community, centering on Queen Latifah as a wife, mother and AIDS activist who is HIV-positive herself. It's not the downer you'd think it would be.

Genre(s): Drama, Health & Lifestyle

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Robert Lloyd

What is remarkable about "Life Support" is how it avoids every pitfall of the standard issue-based TV film and, indeed, of most TV films, period. Read full review

David Zurawik

While the social work done by Life Support is exemplary, the production more than stands on its own as entertainment. Read full review

Hal Boedeker

The whole cast works at a fierce level. Read full review

Diane Werts

This impressive fact-based debut from cultural journalist turned director Nelson George keeps us captivated simply by honing in tight on the character of its people, sketching in fine detail not just their admirable strengths but their all-too-human flaws. Read full review

Adam Buckman

Watching Latifah's performance is the single greatest pleasure of watching this 90-minute movie. Read full review

Robert Abele

It’s a testament to George’s confident handling of the material... that while it touches on many elements of the national crisis... the project avoids feeling like a bulletin-board movie. Read full review

Virginia Heffernan

When this complex question about memory, identity, reality and generations of women supplies the suspense of the film, “Life Support” really gets good. Read full review

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MorganM

Mar 29, 2007

wounderful... queen latifah is my favorite actress and she makes this serise even better!