About this movie
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 1:49:35
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 2012
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Bill Bahlman
- David Barr
- Gregg Bordowitz
- Peter Staley
- Garance Franke-Riuta
- Mark Harrington
- Spencer Cox
- Larry Kramer
- Gregg Gonsalves
- Derek Link
Directors
- David France
Producers
- David France
- Howard Gertler
Writers
- David France
- Todd Woody Richman
- Tyler H. Walk
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How to Survive a Plague
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Trailer for How to Survive a Plague
Filmmaker David France tracks the efforts made by activist groups ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) to convince the government and the pharmaceutical industry to speed up human trials of experimental drugs that ease the suffering of HIV/AIDS patients. Thanks to their tireless efforts, HIV/AIDS would eventually become a manageable condition, rather than a death sentence.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
As this stirring, scrupulous doc reveals, the members of ACT UP fused the fervor of revolutionaries, the tenacity of trial lawyers, and the rage of the dispossessed to change the very shape of the...
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
From a terrible epidemic comes a beautiful documentary.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
A raw history, often cluttered and sometimes repetitive but, when strategies fail along with immune systems, deeply affecting.
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Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Presents a valuable template for how grassroots activism can temper societal prejudice and challenge governmental indifference in the face of a mysterious and remorseless killer.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
A serious, moving and sometimes astonishingly well-organized documentary about the history of AIDS activism.
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