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.
- Year : 2012
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary, History
- Studio : Public Square Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Ted Snowdon Foundation, Impact Partners, Little Punk, Ford Foundation
- Keyword : aids, hiv, lgbt, activist, gay history, gay theme
- Director : David France
- Cast : Larry Kramer, Anthony Fauci