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Episode Details: How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague
Series: Independent Lens
Season: Season 15
Episode Number: 7
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
This acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these determined activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry to help identify promising new drugs and move them from experimental trials to patients. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage, the film reveals the controversial actions, heated meetings, heartbreaking failures and exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making. By David France.
Cast and Guests
Sharon Jones
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