- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Queen Latifah, Vianca Mercedes, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce ... see all
- Director: Nelson George
- Plot: 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.
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| Mar 02, 2007blackfilm.com
The message that "Life Support" is simple.....In her finest and most genuine performance to date, Queen Latifah excels as a flawed mother who tries to do right.....The entire cast including the Ross siblings to the women from the support group are all outstanding.....being Oscar nominated for "Chicago", Queen Latifah excels as the mother of two daughters who struggles to find peace with her family.... ... Full Review
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Life Support Enters into the Real World of AIDS, Drugs, and Everyday Life that Comes with an Urban Upbringing Rap veteran, Academy Award nominee, and ground breaking author are just a few words to describe Queen Latifah. ... Full Article
Life Support (2007)
ropeofsilicon.com –
2007-03-10
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... ... Full Article
Life Support
nymag.com –
2007-03-04
N elson George, who co-wrote and directs Life Support, is thinking about his real-life sister Andrea, a community health activist in Bed-Stuy whose specialty is spreading the word about AIDS. ... Full Article
Latifah's Life Support
tvsquad.com –
2006-05-25
The message is all too clear in "Life Support," writer-director Nelson George's feature debut based on his HIV-positive sister, Andrea Williams. Subtext and subtlety have little place in this melodrama of a Brooklyn woman working in an HIV awareness support... ... Full Article
A more than big deal is made about the American Dream in this country and in its films. But it's always about fleeing the social and economic ordeals that the masses of people face here, and joining the chosen few... ... Full Article

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