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Pedro (2008)

Pedro poster
Directed by
Nick Oceano
Genre
drama film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Pedro Zamora, a Cuban-American gay man who became an AIDS educator and appeared on the reality show The Real World: San Francisco. It focuses on his work to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS and his personal experiences.

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What happens

Pedro is a 2008 American film about Pedro Zamora, an openly gay, Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality, who became famous as a cast member on The Real World: San Francisco, MTV's reality television series. It was produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, the same company that produces The Real World, and is their first scripted project. It was produced by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, written by Dustin Lance Black and Paris Barclay (story) and directed by Nick Oceano. The film stars Alex Loynaz, Justina Machado and Hale Appleman. The film was an Official Selection at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The film aired on MTV on April 1, 2009 before the season finale of The Real World: Brooklyn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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