How to Survive a Plague

Name: How to Survive a Plague
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2012-09-21
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Bob Rafsky, Iris Long, Anthony Fauci, Peter Staley, Larry Kramer

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Release Date

9/21/2012

Runtime

109 mins

Genres

Documentary History

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

$122,665

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A visceral chronicle of queer activists who refused to accept the devastation of AIDS, fighting pharmaceutical companies and indifferent bureaucracies with creativity and rage. You watch ordinary people become extraordinary through sheer refusal to surrender.