How to Survive a Plague

6.8 / 10

(71 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

David France

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Company:

Public Square Films,

Ninety Thousand Words,

Ted Snowdon Foundation,

Impact Partners,

Little Punk,

Ford Foundation

Cast:
Larry Kramer

Himself

Anthony Fauci

Himself

Crew:
David France

Director

David France

Writer

Dan Cogan

Executive Producer

Tyler H. Walk

Writer

Derek Wiesehahn

Director of Photography