Life Support

March. 10,2007      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Queen Latifah as  Ana
Sidné Anderson as  Sister Bernice
Anna Deavere Smith as  Lucille
Wendell Pierce as  Slick
Evan Ross as  Amare
Gloria Reuben as  Sandra
Tony Rock as  Ness
Darrin Henson as  MJ2
Tracee Ellis Ross as  Tanya
Myra Lucretia Taylor as  Dr. Cooper

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