September 21, 2012

AIDS Documentary How to Survive a Plague Opens Nationwide

How to Survive a Plague, a documentary about the history of AIDS treatment activism, opens nationwide in theaters on Friday, September 21. Longtime AIDS journalist and first-time filmmaker David France uses archival footage to show the impact of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and the Treatment Action Group (TAG). By focusing on the stories of a few members of both groups, including AIDSmeds founder Peter Staley, the film tells the larger story of the movement.

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Scott, New York, 2012-09-23 21:33:26
Amazing, inspiring, all the activists that did all that work - their perserverance just left me speechless. I cried and cried but I was so proud to be gay as I watched this documentary. I also felt guilty that I didn't do more when I came out in the early 90's and was terrified of getting HIV. I volunteered for prevention and behavioral studies and ultimately became positive in 2005. I don't know why perhaps safe sex fatigue. Peter Staley and all those in Act Up and Tag you are my heroes.

Rhiannon, Louisville, 2012-09-21 13:10:07
Seems like it will be a great movie, however I will still have an issue with it as The Doctors of these days are pathetic to long term survivors and make us suffer. We still suffer and it's still a plague ..