How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague

109 mins | Documentary | Sept. 20, 2012

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.

How to Survive a Plague

109 mins | Documentary | Sept. 20, 2012

How to Survive a Plague
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Ninety Thousand Words, Public Square Films, Ted Snowdon Foundation
Original title How to Survive a Plague
Directors David France
Writers Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk, David France

Cast

Larry Kramer

as Himself

Anthony Fauci

as Himself