How to Survive a Plague

Name: How to Survive a Plague
Rating: 6.8

NR Documentary History

Starring: Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Bob Rafsky, Mark Harrington

Writer: Woody Richman, David France, Tyler H. Walk

Release Date:
September 21, 2012

Ratings:
6.8 / 10

Director:
David France

Companies:
Public Square Films

Overview

A 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.

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