Sunday, August 21, 2011

Girl, Positive

  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of all new HIV infections occur in people under age 25. Lifetime explores this staggering statistic, and the world of teen love, sex and gossip, in the must-see Lifetime Original Movie Girl, Positive.Seventeen-year-old Rachel Sandler (Andrea Bowen, Desperate Housewives) is shocked out of her carefree world when word spreads through
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of all new HIV infections occur in people under age 25. Lifetime explores this staggering statistic, and the world of teen love, sex and gossip, in the must-see Lifetime Original Movie Girl, Positive.

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Sandler (Andrea Bowen, Desperate Housewives) is shocked out of her carefree world when word spreads through her upper-middle class community that Jason, a popular athlete who recently died, was an IV d! rug user. But it's a mysterious computer message that really hits home: Jason, who Rachel had unprotected sex with, may have been HIV positive. Wanting to learn more about HIV, Rachel is urged to visit the local AIDS clinic by her new substitute teacher, Sarah Bennet (Jennie Garth, 90210). While there, Rachel takes a rapid AIDS test, but panics and leaves before learning the results. When Sarah discovers Rachel's test is positive, she breaks the shocking news to her, later revealing to Rachel that she herself has secretly been living with HIV for more than seven years. While both women wish to keep their privacy, they soon find out that with today's technology of instant messaging, cell phones and blogs, gossip--just like the disease--can spread fast and furiously.