How to Survive a Plague (2012)

Directors:

David France

Writers:

Actors:

Larry Kramer

Synopsis:

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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How to Survive a Plague (2012)

Given the subject matter, one can understand that this had the potential to be a pretty inspired documentary, which it was. An amazing depiction of the unfathomable struggle the AIDS community had to endure to get access to health care and social justice.
dirty
March 16, 2014
90

How to Survive a Plague (2012)

A well-done review of what was a horrifying period in our very recent history: Young (mostly) gay men were dying in droves and--for years--we didn't little or nothing to help them. If you'd like to see a true picture of courage, listen to the men interviewed in this documentary.
smitty
April 13, 2013