We were able to sit down with director and journalist David France last week to discuss his new documentary, How to Survive a Plague. The film deals with the HIV/AIDS epidemic that started in the 1980s and the activism group, Act Up, that was instrumental in changing how the US dealt with the epidemic. By... Continue Reading →
Plague! We are in the middle of a f***ing plague, and you behave like this! Plague! 40 million infected people is a f***ing plague! -Larry Kramer, 1991 I grew up outside of Washington, D.C. in the 1980s and early 1990s before moving to Georgia. I can remember certain things happening in the area in regards... Continue Reading →
Win passes for you and a guest to see an advance screening of How to Survive a Plague, in Dallas, Tx. SYNOPSIS: In the dark days of 1987, the country was six years into the AIDS epidemic, a crisis that was still largely being ignored both by government officials and health organizations—until the sudden emergence of the... Continue Reading →
How to Survive a Plague is not a horror film. It is not even a fictional film. This is a documentary on the HIV/AIDS epidemic during the 1980s and early 1990s. I usually don't post trailers for documentaries, and not many sites do. In this case, I think this is an important film and sheds... Continue Reading →
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