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Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black has captured the life story of another real-life gay hero, and it's coming to DVD this summer.
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Pedro, a biopic about openly gay HIV activist Pedro Zamora and the impact he had on the entire nation by appearing on MTV's The Real World, has been acquired by Wolfe Video for a DVD release this June, according to indieWIRE.com. Alex Loynaz stars as the Cuban-born Zamora, who shared with MTV viewers his struggles with AIDS, his wedding to his partner Sean and, eventually, his death. Justina Machado (Six Feet Under) plays Pedro's sister Milly.

When Zamora passed away in 1994, President Bill Clinton praised him for personalizing the pandemic and stated that everyone in America now knew someone who had died from AIDS complications.

Pedro was directed by Nick Oceano and produced by Quinceañera creators Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer.
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This week's new DVDs include looks back at two TV pioneers—a gay man with AIDS who made everyone in America feel like they knew someone fighting the disease and a small-screen legend in two specials that have been unavailable to fans for more than 30 years.
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The made-for-tv Pedro makes its way to DVD this week, boasting a script by Milk Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black. It could be argued that both films slightly suffer from the impossibility of finding an actor to be as charismatic as the real-life person depicted—especially when that person has been extensively captured on film in real life—but Alex Loynaz takes a valiant stab at portraying Pedro Zamora, the AIDS activist whose stint on MTV's The Real World made him one of pop culture's most visible gay men. The film definitely benefits from producers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (Quinceañera
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