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"Faced with their own mortality, an improbable group of mostly HIV-positive young men and women broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. How to Survive a Plague is the story of how activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a man...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Sundance Institute (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: France, David, 1959- (Screenwriter), Wiesehahn, Derek (director of photography.), Richman, T. Woody (Screenwriter), Walk, Tyler H. (Screenwriter), Bogie, Stuart, 1975- (composer (expression)), O'Malley, L. (Luke) (composer (expression)), Russell, Arthur (Musician)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired (110 min. version only).
Published: Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films International, [2012]
Subjects:
ACT UP (Organization)
HIV-positive persons.
AIDS activists > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Research.
AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > history.
Organizations > history.
Dissent and Disputes > history.
Health Policy > history.
Politics.
United States.
AIDS activists.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"Faced with their own mortality, an improbable group of mostly HIV-positive young men and women broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment. How to Survive a Plague is the story of how activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition."--DVD sleeve.
Item Description:This film was supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
Originally released in 2012.
Bonus (110 min. only): Deleted scenes: Astrazeneca demonstration, Boat trip, Chanting skills, Day of desperation, Ellen Cooper, Parallel track; Trailer. Commentary with director David France and ACT UP activists Heidi Dorow, Joy Episalla, Bob Lederer and Ron Medley.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110, 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD video; NTSC; widescreen format (16:9 aspect ratio).
Awards:WINNER: New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best First Film -- WINNER: Gotham Awards, Best Documentary -- WINNER: Boston Film Critics/Boston Online Film Critics/Central Ohio Film Critics Association, Best Documentary -- WINNER: Ida Documentary Awards, Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Film Maker Award -- NOMINEE: Film Independent Spirit Awards, Best Documentary.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Derek Wiesehahn ; editors, T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk ; original score by Stuart Bogie, Luke O'Malley ; musician, Arthur Russell.