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Angry, powerful, and stirring, How to Survive a Plague is a brilliantly constructed documentary about the activists who pushed for action to combat the AIDS epidemic.
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David France's rousing and inspirational documentary should be required viewing for political activists everywhere. May 26, 2020 | Full Review…
David France's rousing and inspirational documentary should be required viewing for political activists everywhere.
Geoffrey Macnab
This inspirational, unexpectedly hilarious film is a patchwork of archival footage that takes us up to the present day. November 8, 2013 | Full Review…
This inspirational, unexpectedly hilarious film is a patchwork of archival footage that takes us up to the present day.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
This documentary by David France persuasively argues that one of the greatest grassroots activist campaigns of modern times was the Act Up movement ... November 7, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This documentary by David France persuasively argues that one of the greatest grassroots activist campaigns of modern times was the Act Up movement ...
Peter Bradshaw
David France's documentary about the 1980s/90s American gay community and its leading role in discovering "combination therapy" - the anti-HIV magic bullet - will be inspiring among audiences from the G20. November 7, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
David France's documentary about the 1980s/90s American gay community and its leading role in discovering "combination therapy" - the anti-HIV magic bullet - will be inspiring among audiences from the G20.
Nigel Andrews
This raw and passionate AIDS treatment doc suffers from a simple lack of focus. November 7, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This raw and passionate AIDS treatment doc suffers from a simple lack of focus.
Sophie Monks Kaufman
It's no whitewash: important activists from the era admit how much time was lost through internecine squabbling, as well as the struggles they faced against the pitiless anti-gay rhetoric of their political opponents. November 7, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's no whitewash: important activists from the era admit how much time was lost through internecine squabbling, as well as the struggles they faced against the pitiless anti-gay rhetoric of their political opponents.
For anybody who doubts that individuals can combat giant governmental and corporate forces and win, this is a great how-to manual. February 28, 2020 | Full Review…
For anybody who doubts that individuals can combat giant governmental and corporate forces and win, this is a great how-to manual.
B. Ruby Rich
An excellent film for both those unfamiliar and gay youth uninitiated with the dark days of the AIDS crisis, and the deadly struggle to speak up or die quietly. August 6, 2019 | Full Review…
An excellent film for both those unfamiliar and gay youth uninitiated with the dark days of the AIDS crisis, and the deadly struggle to speak up or die quietly.
Nicholas Bell
Feels like a far more shallow experience than it really should be. August 6, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Feels like a far more shallow experience than it really should be.
Matthew Lucas
How to Survive a Plague will leave people feeling hopeful that it can be done sooner rather than later. June 29, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
How to Survive a Plague will leave people feeling hopeful that it can be done sooner rather than later.
C.J. Prince
One of the most moving scenes in the film is close to the end when we see the survivors in a series of long, silent close-ups, as they are now... jowls, grey hair and aging itself becomes a triumph, as it rarely is on American movie screens. March 14, 2019 | Full Review…
One of the most moving scenes in the film is close to the end when we see the survivors in a series of long, silent close-ups, as they are now... jowls, grey hair and aging itself becomes a triumph, as it rarely is on American movie screens.
Ren Jender
How to Survive a Plague supplies plenty of moments that are electrifying, inspiring and often both, courtesy of such luminary leaders as Peter Staley and Larry Kramer March 6, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
How to Survive a Plague supplies plenty of moments that are electrifying, inspiring and often both, courtesy of such luminary leaders as Peter Staley and Larry Kramer
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