Sheryl Lee Ralph-Produced Doc 'Unexpected' to Premiere on Hulu on World AIDS Day (EXCLUSIVE)

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Sheryl Lee Ralph-Produced Doc 'Unexpected' to Premiere on Hulu on World AIDS Day (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/tB77NLy2xL
- Variety (@Variety) November 30, 2023

“Unexpected,” a documentary short about Black women living with HIV in the South, will premiere on Hulu on Dec. 1, which is also World AIDS Day.

- follows activists Ciarra Ci Ci Covin and Masonia Traylor as they create an underground network to help and support women with HIV in the rural South.

The Oscar-qualifying film, which premiered at the 2023 Essence Film Festival, won an Award of Excellence at both The Accolade Global Film Competition and The IMPACT Docs Awards, and was a Silver Winner at the Telly Awards.

At the same time, this year’s “Divas Simply Singing: Raising Health Awareness” benefit concert will broadcast on ABC-owned stations on Dec. 1. Powered by Gilead Sciences, the one-hour special includes performances by Ralph, Anthony Hamilton, Dianne Reeves, Amber Riley and Saycon Sengbloh, along with appearances by Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, Tatyana Ali, Kalen Allen, William Stanford Davis, Brandee Evans, Sherri Shepherd, Robin Thede and Lisa Ann Walter.

World AIDS Day will also see the premiere of Jeffrey Schwartz’s “Commitment to Life,” a feature doc about Hollywood’s early response to the AIDS epidemic and the creation of AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), on Peacock.

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