How to Survive a Plague

Name: How to Survive a Plague
Director: David France
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2012-09-21
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Bob Rafsky, Mark Harrington

Directed by David France

Documentary

History

20121h 49m6.8

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.