Angels in America
The messenger has arrived.
Air Date: 12/7/2003
Imdb: tt0318997
Popularity: 19.421
Vote: 7.6/10 (213)
Last Aired: 12/14/2003 12:00:00AM
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Status: Ended
Seasons: 1 - Info
Networks: HBO

Overview: Angels in America is a 2003 American HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols and based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Set in 1985, the film revolves around six New Yorkers whose lives intersect. At its core, it is the fantastical story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an angel. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.