Pedro

Sep 7, 2008

1h 33m

★ 5.3

Celebrity. Activist. Icon.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Pedro Trailers

Cast

Pedro Zamora

Alex Loynaz

Mily

Justina Machado

Judd

Hale Appleman

Sean Sasser

DaJuan Johnson

Puck

Matt Barr

Himself

Judd Winick

Herself

Pam Ling

Hector Jr.

Leonardo Castro Sitiriche

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8.0

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2.8

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7.2

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0.0

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6.2

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6.8

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7.2

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6.3

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