{{more citations needed|date=November 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Girl,_Positive_DVD_Cover.png | caption = DVD cover | genre = Drama | director = Peter Werner | writer = Nancey Silvers | starring = {{Plainlist| * Andrea Bowen * Jennie Garth }} | music = Richard Marvin | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Lauren Dale * Nancey Silvers * Robert M. Sertner * Frank von Zerneck }} | producer = {{Plainlist| * Christopher Morgan * Randy Sutter }} | cinematography = Neil Roach | editor = David Beatty | company = Von Zerneck/Sertner Films | network = Lifetime | released = {{Start date|2007|06|25}} | runtime = 88 minutes | budget = $1.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reelchicago.com/article/southern-comfort-cameraman-andy-sparaco-splits-his-time-between-new-orleans-and-chicago/|title=Southern comfort: Cameraman Andy Sparaco splits his time between New Orleans and Chicago|work=Reel Chicago|date=August 31, 2007|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref> }}
'''''Girl, Positive''''' (typically stylized as '''''Girl, Posi+ive''''') is a 2007 American drama television film directed by Peter Werner, written by Nancey Silvers, and starring Andrea Bowen and Jennie Garth. The film is about a preppy teenage girl who discovers she is HIV positive after a summer one-night stand with a boy. It aired on Lifetime on June 25, 2007.
==Plot== Rachel, a high school girl, seems to have the life that most people envy: she has a steady boyfriend, great friends, and a place on the school's soccer team. Preparing for college and separating from her boyfriend are the main worries of this teen, as she lives a carefree life like most girls her age. However, Rachel's world falls apart the day she discovers that Jason, the guy whom she lost her virginity to at a party and died in a car accident a few months ago, was HIV positive and a heavy IV drug user.
Rachel immediately goes to an AIDS clinic to get a rapid swab test, which comes back positive. Devastated by the fact that she may actually be infected with the virus, Rachel then confides in her substitute teacher, Sarah, who has secretly been living with the disease for years. But both young women are about to find out their secrets will not be kept secret for very long, as word begins to spread throughout their high school and rumors fly, making some of these students realize that they may not be as "invincible" as they think they are.
==Cast== {{cast listing| * Andrea Bowen as Rachel Sandler * Jennie Garth as Sarah Bennett * Nathan Anderson as Tim Willey * Evan Gamble as Greg Markwell *Rhoda Griffis as Karen Sandler *Erik von Detten as Jason * S. Epatha Merkerson as Ariel Winters }}
==Production== Filming took place in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/tv/reviews/girl-positive-1200558359/|title=Girl, Positive|last=Lowry|first=Brian|work=Variety|date=June 24, 2007|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref>
==Accolades== *Television Academy Honors
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0985692|title=Girl, Positive}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/girl_positive Rotten Tomatoes]
{{Peter Werner}}
Category:2007 television films Category:2007 films Category:2007 drama films Category:2007 in American television Category:2007 American films Category:2007 English-language films Category:2000s high school films Category:2000s teen drama films Category:American drama television films Category:American high school films Category:American teen drama films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films directed by Peter Werner Category:Films scored by Richard Marvin Category:Films shot in New Orleans Category:HIV/AIDS in American films Category:HIV/AIDS in television Category:Lifetime (TV channel) films Category:Television Academy Honors winners