![]() ![]() What I didn't expect was how much hope I would feel. ![]() "I sat down to watch "How to Survive a Plague," a new documentary about the history of the AIDS epidemic, expecting to cry, and cry I did.I expected to be angry. He also met with more than a dozen prominent activists and veterans of the movement who appear in the film, which charts the journey of the disease from the first days, when a rare skin cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma began mysteriously appearing on the bodies of gay men all over New York, until the advent of antiretrovirals 15 years later." - Jacob Bernstein So set out with a small film crew and began collecting video footage from the era. ![]() ".little credit had been given to the activists who worked tirelessly throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, in many cases laying down in the streets to try to bring attention and money to the disease. They Wouldn't Take No For An Answer In The Battle Against AIDS "The currents of rage, fear, fiery determination and finally triumph that crackle through David France’s inspiring documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” lend this history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power a scorching electrical charge." - Stephen Holden ScottĢ5 Favorites From A Year When 10 Aren't Enough ![]() "One of the 25 Best Films of The Year" - A.O. ![]()
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