Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

In honor of  "National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day", I have a little flashback HBO film that you may have seen if not its worth checking out! This 2007 film Life Support premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and would later be shown on HBO. 


The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.It is also loosely based on the true life story of Andrea Williams an HIV-positive black woman. I commend the writers (Nelson George, Jim McKay, and Hannah Weyer) for writing this movie which explores the impact of AIDS on the black community.

Check out a clip here...



Queen Latifah would go on to win Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2008. And the film itself would be nominated for 2 Emmys in 2007 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special.

So I'm going to get on my soapbox for just a sec and say this, "Talk to your daughters, your mothers, sisters, auties and girlfriends about protecting themselves from HIV/AIDS and other STI's." GET TESTED! Be safe. Educate yourself and your community. For more information, check out the following site NWGHAAD. And especially for my ATL folks check out SisterLove for more information. 

This is a serious matter, that cannot be ignored!!