Release Date: Monday, June 25, 2007 at 9:00 pm. (Lifetime Television).
Status: Pre-production
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Nancey Silvers
Genre: Drama
Plot Outline: A popular high school girl finds out that a boy she slept with is HIV positive.
Plot Summary: In “Girl, Positive ” seventeen-year-old Rachel Sandler’s (Bowen) world is turned upside down when word spreads through her upper middle class community that her neighbor Jason (Eric Von Detton, “Dinotopia,” “Complete Savages”), a popular athlete who died an untimely death, was an IV drug user. After receiving a mysterious email that claims Jason was HIV-positive, Rachel becomes concerned she may be infected as well since she had unprotected sex with him. In an attempt to learn more about the disease, Rachel is urged to visit the local AIDS clinic by her new substitute teacher, Sarah Bennett (Garth). Upon Rachel’s visit, she is administered a rapid AIDS test, but she panics and leaves before learning the test results.
When Sarah breaks the news to Rachel that her rapid test came back positive, Rachel, at first, turns to her boyfriend. His response is overwhelmingly negative, blaming her for possibly spreading it to him. In tears, Rachel confides her fears to Sari, who reveals that she has secretly been living with HIV for over seven years. While both wish to keep their privacy, they soon find out that gossip, just like disease, can spread quickly.
Jennie's Character: Sarah Bennett: a high school teacher who has been secretly living with the disease for years.
Cast:
Lance E. Nichols ... Dr. Crane
Nathan Anderson ... Tim Willey
Jennie Garth ... Sarah Bennett
Andrea Bowen ... Rachel
Erik von Detten
Paul Rae ... Coach Fulmer
Corey Flaspoehler ... Randy Newell
Laura Wiggins ... Lindsey Carter
Elton LeBlanc ... Irate Parents
Cynthia LeBlanc ... Irate Parents
Andrew Matthews ... Mark
Evan Gamble ... Greg Markwell
Jearl Vinot ... Neighbor
Barbara Harney ... School Secretary |