Pedro

Pedro

Celebrity. Activist. Icon.

2008 · 93 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS epidemic for millions of Americans who had never met anyone with HIV/AIDS.

Directed by Nick Oceano · Written by Dustin Lance Black

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