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How to survive a plague / Public Square Films presents a France/Tomchin film in association with Ford Foundation/Justfilms, Impact Partners and Little Punk ; directed by David France ; written by David France, T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk ; produced by Howard Gertler, David France.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- ACT UP (Organization).
- AIDS activists--United States.
- AIDS activists.
- AIDS (Disease)--Research.
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects.
- AIDS (Disease)--Treatment.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Anamorphic widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sundance Selects ; [Orlando Park, Ill] : MPI Medoa Group, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English (SDH) and Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, NTSC ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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 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.
- Participant:
- Featuring Peter Staley and Larry Kramer.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Derek Wiesehahn ; editors, T. Woody Richman,Tyler H. Walk ; original score, Stuart Bogie & Luke O'Malley ; featuring the songs of Arthur Russell.
- Notes:
- 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
- Originally produced in 2012.
- Special features: Deleted scenes; trailer.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0788616080
- 9780788616082
- OCLC:
- 819123809
- Publisher Number:
- 030306983493
- IFC9834 IFC Films
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