How to Survive a Plague (2012)
110 min
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.
- Release date
- September 21, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $122,665
Trailer
Cast
- Peter Staley as Self - Bond Trader
- Larry Kramer as Self - Writer
- David Barr as Self - Gay Rights Attorney
- Jim Eigo as Self - Experimental Playwright
- Ann Northrop as Self - Former New York News Producer
- Gregg Bordowitz as Self - Video Artist
- Bill Bahlman as Self - DJ
Crew
- Iris Long · Archive footage
- Bob Rafsky · Archive footage
- Ed Koch · Archive footage
- David France · Director
- David France · Writer
- Woody Richman · Writer
- Tyler H. Walk · Writer
- Jonathan Oppenheim · Writer
- David France · Producer
- Howard Gertler · Producer
- Stuart Bogie · Composer
- Luke O'Malley · Composer
- Arthur Russell · Composer
- Derek Wiesehahn · Cinematographer
- Jonathan Oppenheim · Editor
- Woody Richman · Editor
- Tyler H. Walk · Editor