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How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague
8.3
/10
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HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE

Directed by David France
United States, 2012
Documentary, LGBTQ+, History

Synopsis

An improbable group of activists reversed the tide of an epidemic, stopping AIDS from becoming a death sentence. They infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, identifying new medication and treatment to save their own lives and end the darkest days of a veritable plague.

Synopsis

An improbable group of activists reversed the tide of an epidemic, stopping AIDS from becoming a death sentence. They infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, identifying new medication and treatment to save their own lives and end the darkest days of a veritable plague.

Our take

With great immediacy in its first-hand accounts and an incisive use of archival footage, this Academy Award®-nominated documentary dives deep into one of the most tortured yet tide-turning moments in recent American history. A remarkable portrait on the potentiality of significant social change.