How to Survive a Plague

Director: David France
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 2012 9:35 AM
Distributor: IFC Films
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival

Synopsis: The untold story of the intensive efforts that turned AIDS into a manageable condition – and the improbable group of (mostly HIV-positive) young men and women whose amazing resilience broke through a time of rampant death and political indifference. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance]

Reviews

The Top 5 Criticwire Recommendations from ND/NF 2012

If there’s one thing that New Directors/New Films had trouble doing this year, it was generating a consensus. Out of the films that screened as part of this year’s festival, 12 received both A's and F's from critics who attended screenings at the MoMA/Film Society of Lincoln Center series, which con...
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Interviews

How To Make a Powerful AIDS Doc: Talking to the Team Behind 'How To Survive a Plague'

This weekend in New York, "How To Survive a Plague" comes home. Two months after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival to intense acclaim, the film will screen as part of the 41st edition of New Directors/New Films.
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