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HIV Doc ‘Right to Try,’ Produced by Octavia Spencer, Acquired by Peacock to Premiere on World AIDS Day

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPeacock has acquired “Right to Try,” the Octavia Spencer-produced documentary short about trying to find a cure for HIV.Directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, the film tells the story of veteran casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental treatment trial to cure him of his HIV.

Variety was the first to report about the doc in June shortly after CAA’s Travis Tammero came on board to shop it around.Peacock will premiere “Right to Try” tomorrow, Dec.

1, on World AIDS Day.“We are thrilled our film ‘Right to Try’ will be seen on Peacock. Though Jeffrey Drew’s heroic journey is singular, his story is universal,” Spencer said in a.

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