Abstract
Faced with their own mortality, an improbable group of mostly HIV-positive young men and women broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. How to Survive a Plague is the story of how 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. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.
Blisteringly powerful, How to Survive a Plague transports us back to a vital time of unbridled death, political indifference, and staggering resilience and constructs a commanding archetype for activism today.
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. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.
Blisteringly powerful, How to Survive a Plague transports us back to a vital time of unbridled death, political indifference, and staggering resilience and constructs a commanding archetype for activism today.
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Subject
Contributors
France, David (director), Richman, T. Woody (writer), Gertler, Howard (producer), Staley, Peter (interviewee), Walk, Tyler H. (editor), Bogie, Stuart (composer), O'Malley, Luke (composer), Russell, Arthur (musician), Bordowitz, Gregg (interviewee), Barr, David (interviewee), Gonsalves, Gregg (interviewee), Kramer, Larry (interviewee), Tomchin, Joy (executive producer), Cogan, Dan (executive producer), Walk, Tyler H. (writer), Public Square Films (producer), Ford Foundation (producer), JustFilms (Firm) (collaborator)
Duration
01:49:35 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education, college
Copyright Holder
| Name | ro*co films educational |
| Role | distributor |
| Telephone | 415-332-6471 x203 |
| Address | 80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5, Sausalito, CA 94965 |
| [email protected] |
Copyright Date
2012-01-01
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