In this poignant documentary, filmmaker Beverly Peterson and her adopted son Andre share the story of an extraordinary friendship. Despite living with HIV from birth and experiencing poverty, deprivation, and the loss of his mother, this remarkable young boy chose to face life head-on, fiercely determined to take control of his destiny and make sense of it all. Much of the story is told through Andre's own video diaries and drawings, as he comes to terms with the physical and emotional challenges of his short yet intense life, and the struggles to create the family he had always wanted. 43 minutes 1997 **Official Selection; San Francisco Int?l Film Festival, Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival, Sydney Int?l Film Festival, Exit Art/ Broadcast PBS 1998** ?This unsentimental study follows Andre, aged 10, and his mother, Vilma, both of whom are dying from AIDS. When Vilma becomes too ill to cope, Beverly adopts the boy and encourages him and his friends to use the camera. Filmmaker Magazine Less