Life support

Resource Information

The work Life support represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Life support

Statement of responsibility

Home Box Office ; HBO Films ; Flavor Unit Films ; in association with Urban Romances and Shelby Stone Productions ; produced by Mark A. Baker ; written by Nelson George and Jim McKay & Hannah Weyer ; directed by Nelson George

Contributor

• Flavor Unit Films (Firm)
• HBO Films
• HBO Video (Firm)
• Home Box Office (Firm)
• Shelby Stone Productions (Firm)
• Urban Romances (Firm)
• Baker, Mark A
• George, Nelson
• McKay, Jim, 1962-
• Pierce, Wendell
• Queen Latifah, 1970-
• Smith, Anna Deavere
• Weyer, Hannah

Subject

• African American HIV-positive women
• African American HIV-positive women -- Drama
• HIV-positive persons
• HIV-positive persons -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Mothers and daughters
• Mothers and daughters -- Drama
• Recovering addicts
• Recovering addicts -- Drama
• Self-help groups
• Self-help groups -- Drama
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Women -- Feature

Genre

• Drama
• Melodrama
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Women

Language

eng

Summary

Ana is a recovering junkie who tries to atone for her seedy past by being a loving mom to her 9-year-old daughter. In addition, she takes care of her husband, who also has HIV. But Life Support, an AIDS awareness facility that is an integral part of her life, is where Ana feels most at home. Ana has come far from her rocky beginnings. But, she still has much to accomplish before she can repair the damage from her past. One that seems irreparable is the sticky relationship she has with her estranged teenage daughter, who lives with Ana's mother

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Uta Briesewitz ; editor, Mary Jo Markey ; music, Stuart Matthewman ; costume designer, Donna Berwick ; production designer, Loren Weeks

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

TV-MA

Language note

Closed-captioned; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.M45

LC item number

L544 2007

PerformerNote

Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Gloria Reuben, Tony Rock, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Tracee Ellis Ross

Runtime

90

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action