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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 time. In the process, they saved their own lives and ended the darkest days of a veritable plague, while virtually emptying AIDS wards in American hospitals in the process.
Original Release
03/24/2012
US Release
03/24/2012
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ed Koch | Self - Mayor of New York |
| David Barr | Self - Gay Rights Attorney |
| Bob Rafsky | Self - PR Executive |
| Jim Eigo | Self - Experimental Playwright |
| Ann Northrop | Self - Former New York News Producer |
| Larry Kramer | Himself / Self - Writer |
| Gregg Bordowitz | Self - Video Artist |
| Peter Staley | Self - Bond Trader |
| Bill Bahlman | Self - DJ |
| Spencer Cox | Self - Actor |
Directors
Writers
David France, Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk, Jonathan Oppenheim, Jenny Raskin, Stephen Winter
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ed Koch | Self - Mayor of New York |
| David Barr | Self - Gay Rights Attorney |
| Bob Rafsky | Self - PR Executive |
| Jim Eigo | Self - Experimental Playwright |
| Ann Northrop | Self - Former New York News Producer |
| Larry Kramer | Himself / Self - Writer |
| Gregg Bordowitz | Self - Video Artist |
| Peter Staley | Self - Bond Trader |
| Bill Bahlman | Self - DJ |
| Spencer Cox | Self - Actor |
| Barbara Starrett | Self - AIDS Physician |
| Iris Long | Self - Retired Chemist |
| Franke-Ruta Garance | Self - Teenager |
| Mark Harrington | Self - Film Archivist |
| Mathilde Krim | Self - AMFAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research |
| Jesse Helms | Self - R - North Carolina |
| Anthony Fauci | Himself / Self - Nat. Institute of Health |
| Derek Link | Self - Bookstore Clerk |
| Vito Russo | |
| Thomas Braden | Self - Crossfire |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dan Cogan | Executive Producer |
| Alan Getz | Executive Producer |
| Joy A. Tomchin | Executive Producer |
| David France | Producer |
| Ron Dodd | Producer |
| Peter Farber | Producer |
| Howard Gertler | Producer |
| Chad Hahne | Producer |
| Jim Hubbard | Producer |
| Lindy Linder | Producer |
| Loring McAlpin | Producer |
| Woody Richman | Producer |
| Stan Tomchin | Producer |
| Henry van Ameringen | Producer |
Trailers
How To Survive A Plague (Trailer 1)
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2013 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
