Independent Lens
Season 15 Episode 7 - How to Survive a Plague
This acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these determined activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry to help identify promising new drugs and move them from experimental trials to patients. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage, the film reveals the controversial actions, heated meetings, heartbreaking failures and exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making. By David France.
Episodes in Season 15
The Graduates - The Girls
60 min
The Graduates - The Boys
60 min
Indian Relay
60 min
Young Lakota
60 min
Playwright: From Page to Stage
60 min
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
60 min
How to Survive a Plague
60 min
At Berkeley
60 min
Blood Brother
60 min
The State of Arizona
60 min
Spies of Mississippi
60 min
Las Marthas
60 min
All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts
60 min
Medora
60 min
Brother's Hypnotic
60 min
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
60 min
Muscle Shoals
60 min
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times
60 min
Let the Fire Burn
60 min
God Loves Uganda
60 min
The New Black
60 min
