![]() ![]() The book opens with a reunion of ACT UP members in 2013, where the ones fortunate enough to have survived the plague assemble at a memorial service in Manhattan, united all those years ago by their shared experience of death and, now, brought together again by the death of one of their longtime members. Much of the book centers on the efforts of two groups of activists, ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and TAG (the Treatment Action Group). Knopf in 2016, How to Survive a Plague is an expansion of France's 2012 documentary film of the same name, further exploring the stories featured in the film, as well as adding substantial additional material that gives readers a more in-depth look at life and death in the era of a modern plague. ![]() ![]() American journalist and filmmaker David France’s nonfiction book How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS delves into the history of the AIDS epidemic and the fearless citizen-activists who worked tirelessly to raise awareness about the disease, to advocate for more aggressive medical research, and to bring compassion and attention to the tens of thousands of innocent lives impacted by this illness. ![]()
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