Jennifer J
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I know this documentary has been mentioned in some posts. I thought I'd post it for anyone who hasn't heard of it or seen it. So many lives were lost to AIDS. Thanks to Act Up and other AIDS activists groups this was changed. There's much in this documentary that speaks to us.
"A Model for the Here and Now of Social Change: " Frank Bruni, NY Times
http://surviveaplague.com/watch
Thank you everyone for your work in changing things.
"A Model for the Here and Now of Social Change: " Frank Bruni, NY Times
http://surviveaplague.com/watch
Blisteringly powerful, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE transports us back to a vital time of unbridled death, political indifference, and staggering resilience and ..
In the late 1980s, members of Act-Up and other AIDS activists battle indifference and hostility to bring attention to the disease and play a huge role in reducing the number of AIDS-related fatalities in the U.S.
Faced with their own mortality an improbable group of young people, many of them HIV-positive young men, broke the mold as radical warriors taking on Washington and the medical establishment.
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the 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.
With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making. - See more at: http://surviveaplague.com/#sthash.cslcebKe.dpuf
Thank you everyone for your work in changing things.
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