Release Date
September 21, 2012 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
February 26, 2013 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Writer
Cast
NA
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Running Time
120 minutes
MPAA Rating
Unrated
"How to Survive a Plague" is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful nation and stopped AIDS from becoming a death sentence. This improbable group of activists bucked oppression and, with no scientific training, infiltrated government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, helping to identify promising new medication and treatments and move them through trials and into drugstores in record... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Maybe I just wasn't in a documentary mood today. After watching Searching for Sugar Man, which underperformed expectations, I immediately switched to another Oscar-nominated documentary feature, the much heralded How to Survive a Plague. While good, it too was not the groundbreaking film it was supposed to be. Full movie review »