TV Guide: Pedro

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 1 09:00 AM MTV

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Trailer Addict — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

It was not so long ago that reality television did not exist. But with the launch of The Real World on MTV in 1992, television and the nature of celebrity were forever changed. Putting Andy Warhol's famous pronouncement to shame, The Real World proved that it was possible for just about anyone to garner more than fifteen minutes of fame. At first, it was the premise of the show, not the participants, that grabbed the public's attention but then Pedro Zamora came along. Zamora was born in Cuba and came to the United States as part of the Mariel boatlift in 1980. The youngest child in a close family, Zamora's life changed when his mother died when he was thirteen. Already a top student, he immersed himself in his studies. Then he began engaging in unprotected sex. When he was seventeen, he donated blood to the Red Cross and discovered that he was HIV-positive. Suddenly, Zamora's hopeful future took another sharp turn. After absorbing the initial shock, Zamora made the life-altering dec

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Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

"PEDRO" celebrates the extraordinary life of Pedro Zamora; a young man who when he found out he was HIV positive at 17, made the courageous decision to dedicate the rest of his life to speaking out about his condition in an attempt to raise awareness about the disease in his community. His appearance on The Real World brought his story and his message to MTV's youthful audience and beyond; and when Zamora's health began to deteriorate in late 1994 (after he left the show), it became front page news nationwide, and his death at age 22 provoked a worldwide outpouring of grief.

Video: Pedro

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500