How to Survive a Plague
2012·1h 49m·★ 6.8(79)NR
Director David FranceWriters Tyler H. Walk, Woody Richman, David France
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.
