How to Survive a Plague

2012 6.8 (73 votes) 1h 49m

Genres

Documentary History

Production Companies

Public Square Films
Ninety Thousand Words
Ted Snowdon Foundation
Impact Partners
Little Punk
Ford Foundation

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.