Dulce Colunga
Sarah Conrad
PHIL 1300-04
November 21, 2017
CTAA PART1- How to Survive a Plague
FULL CITATION
Public Square Films presents; a France/Tomchin film; in association with Ford Foundation/JustFilms, Impact Partners and Little Punk; executive producer, Joy Tomchin, Dan Cogan; produced by Howard Gertler, David France; written by David France, T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk; directed by David France. How to Survive a Plague. Sausalito, CA: Ro-Co Films International, 2012.
SUMMARIZE THE ARGUMENT
This documentary displays the story of how an innovated activist group turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Faced with their own mortality, an unlikely group, called ACT UP, comprised of mostly HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) positive young men and women broke the structure of FDA regulation and challenged Washington and the medical establishment. Even with having no scientific training, these self-made activists pervade the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs. Due to their efforts they have made drugs available to patients in reasonable time after experimental trials. The …show more content…
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