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ARK CITY – Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of David France’s emotionally charged documentary, How to Survive a Plague, is that despite the wealth of books, films and plays dealing with AIDS, this feels like a part of the story that hasn’t yet been told – certainly not with such probing insight. Packed with fascinating interviews and stirring footage from the trenches, the film deftly shapes its information stream into a powerful drama recounting the highs and lows, setbacks and victories in the fight for an effective HIV treatment.
Picked up by IFC Films sister division Sundance Selects, France’s film is a sequel of sorts to seminal AIDS works like Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart or Randy Shilts’ And the Band Played On. Those and many other chronicles focus on the plague years -- the discovery of the virus, the spread of the epidemic, the battle against an unresponsive government, and the decimation of the gay community in the 1980s.
While it has considerable overlap, How to Survive a Plague is by definition of its title the next chapter. It traces the path from the dark days when AIDS was a death sentence through the protease inhibitor revolution of the mid-‘90s. That breakthrough shift from monotherapy to combination therapy brought a massive decline in AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. and transformed HIV into a manageable chronic illness.
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A powerful story of men and women who raged against disease and apathy
to save their own lives, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE provides a
never-before-seen look at the battles waged by HIV/AIDS activist groups
like ACT UP and TAG that stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. A
classic tale of empowerment and activism that has since inspired
movements for change in everything from breast cancer research to Occupy
Wall Street. Their story stands as a powerful inspiration to future
generations, a road map, and a call to arms. This is how you change the
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Words like “important” and “inspiring” tend too often to be meaninglessly attached to non-fiction filmmaking, but in the case of David France's compelling snapshot of a revolutionary period in AIDS treatment, they are amply justified.
PARK CITY – Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of David France’s emotionally charged documentary, How to Survive a Plague, is that despite the wealth of books, films and plays dealing with AIDS, this feels like a part of the story that hasn’t yet been told – certainly not with such probing insight. Packed with fascinating interviews and stirring footage from the trenches, the film deftly shapes its information stream into a powerful drama recounting the highs and lows, setbacks and victories in the fight for an effective HIV treatment.
"An essential, heroic story is told in this documentary composed of archival video footage taken by the subjects themselves. It's the tale of a disease—AIDS—and the activists who managed to turn the perception of it away from Reaganite fear and shame into something much closer to compassion."
-Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
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