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Arditti
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Posted - Dec 3 2011 : 2:52PM
Some among you may remember Lara Roxx, a 19 year-old pornstar from Canada who got VIH-infected while doing films in LA. It was in 2004. Studios stopped filming for a while and Lara,was the only one willing to talk about it publicly.
Recently, Mia Donovan made a documentary called Inside Lara Roxx which tells Lara's story over a 5-year period. It has been viewed lately in some cities in Canada. Those willing to see the trailer can access it through this link :
http://blip.tv/eyesteelfilm-channel/inside-lara-roxx-trailer-5061056
Here are a few pics of Lara Roxx in 2004...
images.jpegand today :
Inside-Lara-Roxx1-580x303.jpg inside-lara-roxx-still.jpg
Although she's still fragile and dealing wiht her illness, Ms. Roxx has recovered from the emotional distress she got into while trying to make a lot of money over a short time. She works in a call-center, So somebody among us may receive a phone call from her one of these days without knowing it's her on the line.

joachim
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Posted - Dec 3 2011 : 3:15PM
Is she able to afford her medications, or does the national healthcare system pay for them?
miastone4ever
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Posted - Dec 3 2011 : 4:49PM
She looks very thin and frail.
If she eats well and takes the meds HIV can be controlled to a large extent.
All the best wishes to her in her fight. An unfortunate victim of a tragedy.
Arditti
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Posted - Dec 3 2011 : 11:16PM
From what I know, the health care system pays for Ms. Roxx's medication. One year or two after being infected, she created a foundation, but things probably did not go the way she wanted. Maybe she did not collect as much money as expected or she did not get as much attention. Too bad because Lara is a victim and she needs people's support. Bringing attention to her case is probably the reason why Ms. Roxx decided to participate in this documentary. She still suffers from bipolar disorder and was addicted for long to crack cocain, up to a few months ago.
People willing to help this lovely and fragile young woman could have a look here :
http://montreal.olx.ca/lara-roxx-foundation-iid-565073
An article about her and the documentary was recently published in Montreal's biggest newspaper (in French) :
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/201111/18/01-4469481-linvincible-lara-roxx.php
Have a look at her pic. It says a lot about her fragility and her willingness to get along with her life and be happy again.
P.S. For the record, Ms. Roxx was 21 and not 19 when she got infected. She'll be 29 on December 12, by the way.
dogzcatcher All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Dec 4 2011 : 12:53AM
Thanks for posting this, Arditti. While some who check out this thread may be disappointed it wasn't about the newest hot porn star, this thread shows that some people care about those less fortunate.
Benefits for Stephanie Swift and Nina Hartley come to mind.
 
Float_my_boat All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Dec 6 2011 : 2:35AM
Arditti, thank you for putting out this information. I think as fans of the porn genre we might think about helping her if we are able. Hope she is doing okay.
Rolf Muller
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Posted - Dec 12 2011 : 9:14PM
Thanks for this update... I wish her well, and in reality the modern drug cocktails for AIDS are better now than they've ever been... and actor Jim J. Bulloch has been living with the disease since the mid 80's as I recall, so it's not even as fatal as many other diseases these days. If you've seen the documentary, was she on the drugs when she did her film, or did she get into drugs in the AIDS diagnosis aftermath?
Arditti
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Posted - Dec 12 2011 : 11:30PM
Thanks all of you for your comments. Watching Mia Donovan's documentary was a painful and challenging experience. There is no agenda in this movie, just the desire to show who Lara Roxx is and went through, how she tries to recover from her past. Becuase she was rebelious, Lara went from being unpredictable and skipping school to dancing in bars and doing XXX films at 18 in Canada. She thought she would realize all her dreams with a lot of money quickly made, but her trip to LA in 2004 changed her life forever.
Between 2004 and 2010, Lara is like a camelon. Her personality, her look changes very often, not always for the best. Let's not hesitate : it's a downfall and recovering, escaping poverty, having dreams of her own are so difficult to fulfill.
What stroke me the most is how fragile she is. Except for a few people in the business Lara felt connected to when she went back to LA in 2006 or when she attended an adult show in 2007, she seems unable to find nice and caring people around. Her bf is incoherent, to say the least, unable to provide her with any direction in her life. Lara's downfall is hard to follow and the documentary shows it all. Her mental problems are quite serious. She had to deal with bipolar disorder, she was hospitalized more than once for mental issues and later developed a strong addiction to crack cocaine. At one point, Mia Donovan is filming her inside her Montreal apartment. People quarrel in the corridor nearby. Lara tries to focus on issues related to her life being filmed and she seems unable to get out of this living hell her life has become. To make the matter worst, her addiction to drugs opens up the door to a massage business she operates in her flat. So misery brings misery in full force.
And she is so thin, not a healthy person.If any of you watches this documentary in the coming months, do not hesitate to share ideas with viewers here.
Arditti
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Posted - Dec 12 2011 : 11:39PM
Rolf, from what I remember, I don't think she was on drugs when she filmed in LA in 2004. She developed her addiction long after as a way to escape from her own problems.
Andy Kole
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Posted - Apr 5 2012 : 8:26PM
Anyone know when this Documentary is coming out?
Can´t seem to find it anywhere.
Arditti
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Posted - Apr 5 2012 : 9:12PM
Distribution and production rights of Ms. Donovan's inside Lara Roxx documentary belong to a Montreal company named EyeSteelFilm. Although it will probably be available on DVD, no street date has been set yet. The film is still showed here and there. So I should keep you informed if I hear anything about that.
Float_my_boat All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Apr 6 2012 : 1:05AM
Thank you for keeping us updated Arditti.



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