How to Survive a Plague, 2012 (edited, 90m) http://surviveaplague.com/ Nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary Academy Award 2012 From film website: This is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP...

How to Survive a Plague, 2012 (edited, 90m)
http://surviveaplague.com/

Nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary Academy Award 2012

From film website:This is the 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. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.

http://www.treatmentactiongroup.org

Film Reflection:

Many individuals played an important role in the successes achieved by TAG. Pick one individual in the film (state their name correctly) and reflect on one of the following: how you identify with that person, why you admire them or who you found the most interesting about their personal story.