How to Survive a Plague
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David France
Ed Koch
Larry Kramer
Bob Rafsky
Jim Eigo
Ann Northrop
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the dark days of 1987, the country was six years into the AIDS epidemic, a crisis that was still largely being ignored both by government officials and health organizations - until the sudden emergence of the activist group ACT UP in Greenwich Village, largely made up of HIV-positive participants who refused to die without a fight. Emboldened by the power of rebellion, they took on the challenges that public officials had ignored, raising awareness of the disease through a series of dramatic protests. More remarkably, they became recognized experts in virology, biology, and pharmaceutical chemistry. Their efforts would see them seize the reins of federal policy from the FDA and NIH, force the AIDS conversation into the 1992 presidential election, and guide the way to the discovery of effective AIDS drugs that stopped an HIV diagnosis from being an automatic death sentence - and allowed them to live long lives.
Director
David France
Cast
Ed Koch
Larry Kramer
Bob Rafsky
Jim Eigo
Ann Northrop
David Barr
Crew
Stuart Bogie
Dan Cogan
Peggy Farber
David France
David France
Howard Gertler
Lora Hirschberg
Lindy Linder
Luke O'malley
Jonathan Oppenheim
Todd Woody Richman
Todd Woody Richman
Todd Woody Richman
Joy Tomchin
Stan Tomchin
Henry Van Ameringen
Tyler Walk
Tyler Walk
Derek Wiesehahn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video February 26, 2013
Limited Release in United States September 21, 2012
Released in United States 2012
Released in United States 2012 (Documentary Centerpiece)
Directorial debut for David France.
Limited Release in United States September 21, 2012
Released in United States on Video February 26, 2013
Released in United States 2012 (U.S. Documentary Competition)
Released in United States 2012 (Official Selection)
Released in United States 2012 (Golden Gate Awards Documentary Feature Competition)
Released in United States 2012 (Special - Centerpiece)
Released in United States 2013 (Special Presentations)
Released in United States 2013
