Independent Lens · SEASON 15
How to Survive a Plague
Episode 7 · 2013-12-30
- Documentary
Episode overview
This acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these determined activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry to help identify promising new drugs and move them from experimental trials to patients. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage, the film reveals the controversial actions, heated meetings, heartbreaking failures and exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making. By David France.
60 minutes
Season 15 episodes
1. The Graduates - The Girls2013-10-28
2. The Graduates - The Boys2013-11-04
3. Indian Relay2013-11-18
4. Young Lakota2013-11-25
5. Playwright: From Page to Stage2013-12-16
6. Jiro Dreams of Sushi2013-12-23
7. How to Survive a Plague2013-12-30
8. At Berkeley2014-01-13
9. Blood Brother2014-01-20
10. The State of Arizona2014-01-27
11. Spies of Mississippi2014-02-10
12. Las Marthas2014-02-17
13. All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts2014-03-24
14. Medora2014-05-31
15. Brother's Hypnotic2014-03-17
16. The Trials of Muhammad Ali2014-03-24
17. Muscle Shoals2014-03-31
18. A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times2014-04-07
19. Let the Fire Burn2014-04-14
20. God Loves Uganda2014-05-05
21. The New Black2014-06-16
