How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague
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Directed byDavid France
Written byDavid France
Todd Woody Richman
Tyler H. Walk
Produced byDavid France
Howard Gertler
CinematographyDerek Wiesehahn
Edited byTodd Woody Richman
Tyler H. Walk
Music byStuart Bogie
Production
companies
Distributed byMongrel Media (Canada theatrical)
Sundance Selects (USA theatrical)
IFC
Release dates
  • January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22) (Sundance Film Festival)
  • September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21) (United States (limited))
Running time
109 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$132,055[1]

How to Survive a Plague is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the efforts of activist groups ACT UP and TAG. It was directed by David France,[2] a journalist who covered AIDS from its beginnings. France's first film, it was dedicated to his partner Doug Gould[3][4][5] who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992.

  1. ^ "How to Survive a Plague". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Archival Vérité: David France Talks about "The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" on Notebook|MUBI
  3. ^ Bernstein, Jacob (12 December 2012). "'How to Survive a Plague' Provides a Silver Lining on AIDS". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ "James Douglas Gould". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ "How to Survive a Plague - AIDS Activists Fought for Cure - Independent Lens - PBS". PBS. Retrieved 11 September 2018.