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Sheryl Lee Ralph’s ‘Living Proof’ Sets Dec. 1 Hulu Premiere for World AIDS Day

The documentary spotlights LOTUS leaders in Atlanta as it confronts stigma, funding strains and medical bias affecting HIV care for Black women in the South.

Overview

  • The special will stream on Hulu on Dec. 1 and will also run across ABC Owned Television Stations’ digital and streaming platforms.
  • Freda Jones and Kennedi Lowman, co-founders of the Atlanta nonprofit LOTUS, anchor the film’s focus on community leadership by Black women living with HIV.
  • Director Zeberiah Newman leads the project with executive producers Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michiel Thomas and Norman Lee, with music supervision and score by B. Slade.
  • The DIVA Foundation partners with ABC Owned Television Stations and Gilead Sciences on the release, with Gilead executive Deborah Telman praising its amplification of Black women’s voices.
  • The project continues the DIVA Foundation–Hulu collaboration that included 2023’s World AIDS Day documentary ‘Unexpected,’ which earned two Daytime Emmy nominations.