How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague (German " How to Survive a Plague " ) is a documentary from 2012 about the early days of the HIV virus and the lobbying organization Act Up.

At the Academy Awards in 2013, the film was nominated for Best Documentary in the category.

Formation

How to Survive a Plague is the first film project of director David France, who reported as a journalist for years about AIDS. France dedicated the film to his partner, who had died in 1992 of an AIDS- related pneumonia. In the production fell back on more than 700 hours of footage, including news reports, interviews, recordings of demonstrations, meetings and conferences which were partially aufgenommenden members of the group Act Up itself.

The film premiered on 21 September 2012 in some cinemas in the United States and shown on September 22 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Content

The documentary reports on the spread of HIV since the late 1980s in the United States. In the center activists and concerned parties are like the bond traders Peter Staley, which at the age of 26 years, the AIDS diagnosis is made. Staley will then close the AIDS activist group Act Up to to protest together against the indifference of the U.S. government and the pharmaceutical industry. The film shows the struggle for effective anti-HIV drugs to the first therapy breakthroughs mid-1990s.

In addition to the activists of the organization Act Up and AIDS researcher (eg Mathilde Krim ), authors (eg, Larry Kramer ) and politicians (eg Ed Koch ) are shown. Moreover, the film contains archive footage of George HW Bush, Bill Clinton and Jesse Helms.

Awards

  • Boston Society of Film Critics Award - Best Documentary and Best New Filmmaker
  • Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Documentary
  • Chlotrudis Award - Best Documentary
  • GLAAD Media Award - Best Documentary
  • Gotham Award - Directed by Kirby Dick and producer Howard Gertler
  • New York Film Critics Circle Award - best first work
  • Provincetown International Film Festival - Audience Award for David France
  • Oscar 2013 - Best Documentary
  • Directors Guild of America Award - Outstanding Directing work of David France
  • Independent Spirit Awards 2013 - Best Documentary
  • Sundance Film Festival - Sundance Film Festival / Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary
  • Vancouver Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary
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