
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.
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History
- Release Date
Sep 20, 2012
- Popularity: 0.4559
- 76 votes
- Directed by
David France
- Productions
Public Square Films (US)Ninety Thousand Words Ted Snowdon Foundation Impact Partners (US)Little Punk (US)Ford Foundation (ID)
- Budget
122.7 K
Duration: 1h 49 min
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David France
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