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    How to Survive a Plague

    Poster of the movie How to Survive a Plague
    2011     Documentary    
    USA
    2h 
    14A
    14A

    Faced with their own mortality, an improbable group of mostly HIV-positive young men and women broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. How to Survive a Plague is the story of two coalitions--ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)--whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.

    Directed byDavid France
    Written byDavid France, Todd Woody Richman
    CompanySundance SelectsMongrel MediaMétropole Films

    Awards

    Featuring

    Ed Koch
    David Barr
    Bob Rafsky
    Jim Eigo
    Ann Northrop
    Larry Kramer
    Gregg Bordowitz
    Peter Staley
    Bill Bahlman
    Spencer Cox
    + MORE

    Video

    2:18

    Trailer

    11 years ago

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