The film follows Michael Pierson, a successful Chicago lawyer who is diagnosed as HIV-positive and must reveal his illness and homosexuality to his family.
The messaging surrounding the AIDS epidemic suggested that groups like hemophiliacs, people of color, sex workers, and gay men fell outside the 'general population'.
Gena Rowlands played the sympathetic mother to the main character, bringing a nuanced representation of familial love and support during one of the most difficult times in AIDS history.
Despite resistance from executives, An Early Frost was groundbreaking television, tackling the harsh realities of AIDS and the intense homophobia present in society.
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