Arts & Culture

Norman-Based Documentary Seeks to Shatter the Stigma Around HIV/AIDS

KOSU | By Nikole Robinson Carroll

Published June 18, 2014 at 6:09 AM CDT

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At the KOSU Oklahoma City studios - from left to right: Nikki Harrington, Jeremy Stulberg, Van Harrington, Nancy Harrington

Eric Juhola / Still Point Pictures

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At the KOSU Oklahoma City Studios - from left to right: Nikki Harrington, Nancy Harrington, Van Harrington, Jeremy Stulberg, Nikole Robinson Carroll

Eric Juhola / Still Point Pictures

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At the Norman screening - From left to right: Producer/Moderator Eric Juhola, Director Jeremy Stulberg, Austin Harrington, Van Harrington, Nancy Harrington, Nikki Harrington

Nikole Robinson Carroll / KOSU

Though his voice is now silent, a gay Oklahoma teen's words live on in a documentary that premiered at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History last night. Broken Heart Land focuses on 19-year-old Zachary Harrington of Norman. He committed suicide in 2010, after keeping his HIV-positive diagnosis a secret for over a year.

Hear about the Norman screening, then listen to a full-length interview with KOSU's Nikole Robinson Carroll, Director Jeremy Stulberg and the Harrington family below.

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Hear a full-length interview with KOSU's Nikole Robinson Carroll, Director Jeremy Stulberg and the Harrington family

The television debut of Broken Heart Land is Tuesday, June 24th on PBS World Channel - sign up for a live online simulcast and real-time chat Q&A with members of the Harrington family here.

Read Nancy Harrington's Huffington Post editorial about Zack here.

Find the Mothers of Many (MOM) advocacy group on Facebook here.

The Broken Heart Land trailer: