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Red Ribbon Blues

Red Ribbon Blues

How far would you go to stay alive?

19953.21h 37m

Overview

After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.

Directed by Charles Winkler
Written by Charles Winkler
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Top Cast

Paul Mercurio

Paul Mercurio

Troy

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar

Darcy

RuPaul

RuPaul

Duke

John Epperson

John Epperson

Harold

Lisa Waltz

Lisa Waltz

Bones

Leland Orser

Leland Orser

James

Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel

Fred the Pharmacist

Alan Boyce

Alan Boyce

David Andriole

David Andriole

Gerry Brandt

Margo Winkler

Margo Winkler

Helen

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Themes & Keywords

aidsheisthivhiv/aids epidemic

About Red Ribbon Blues

Red Ribbon Blues is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 1995 exploring themes of aids, heist, hiv, hiv/aids epidemic. Directed by Charles Winkler, it stars Paul Mercurio, Debi Mazar, RuPaul. After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.

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