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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Peter Staley
Self
Larry Kramer
Self
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Iris Long
Self
Bob Rafsky
Self
Mark Harrington
Self
Anthony Fauci
Self
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David Barr
Self - Gay Rights Attorney
Jim Eigo
Self
Ann Northrop
Self - New York News Producer
David France Director · Tyler H. Walk Writer Woody Richman Writer
Worldwide gross $123K · United States release September 21, 2012 · Produced in United States
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Worldwide gross
$122,665
Production
Public Square Films
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Ninety Thousand Words
Production
Ted Snowdon Foundation
Production
Impact Partners
Production
Little Punk
Production
Ford Foundation
Production
Doc Society
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 22, 2012
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 21, 2012
Limited theatrical
United States
March 3, 2012 · Premiere · True/False Film Festival
March 24, 2012 · Premiere · New Directiors/ New Films
April 20, 2012 · Premiere · San Francisco International Film Festival
April 25, 2012 · Premiere · USA Film Festival
June 15, 2012 · Premiere · Provincetown International Film Festival
Argentina
December 19, 2013 · Theatrical
Australia
August 2, 2012 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Canada
November 2, 2012 · Premiere · Toronto
Finland
June 24, 2013 · TV
Germany
October 30, 2013 · Premiere · Film Fest Homochrom
Hungary
October 31, 2013 · Premiere · Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival
Ireland
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
Poland
November 14, 2012 · Premiere · American Film Festival
December 11, 2012 · Premiere · Watch Docs Film Festival
September 6, 2020 · Premiere · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Spain
March 20, 2013 · TV
Switzerland
September 28, 2012 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 8, 2013 · Theatrical
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