A documentary chronicling activists of the late 80s/early 90s who fought drug companies and the US government in order to get something done about the plague of AIDS.
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I completely understand why this is a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination on Thursday. It's a great documentary! It's not just informative, it's also engaging. Not only is this a great piece of activism reminding people that AIDS is still something to be conquered, it is also a great story of young people hearing the call to action and making great things of themselves by striving to help others. Director David France's decision to withhold video footage of the people who have survived the disease until near the end, was master stroke. You go through the film never knowing who is safe. And the deaths that do come over the course of this narrative are particularly tough. Some moments in this film nearly brought me to tears. Thank God for the people who were out there with cameras to record all of this important action as it was happening. Thanks to the people in front of and behind these cameras, HIV is no longer a certain death sentence. But there is still plenty of work to be done. How do you survive a plague? You get off your fat ass and do something!
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