In a nutshell: This short interview with veteran AIDS activist Peter Staley is a good introduction to the Oscar-nominated documentary, How to Survive a Plague, and to the way Act Up invented a new kind of direct action that transformed civil disobedience and got people with AIDS a seat at the table with medical researchers, drug-company execs, and government officials.
Lessons Learned from an AIDS Activist | MetroFocus | MetroFocus | THIRTEENIn the February 13 episode of MetroFocus, anchor Rafael Pi Roman interviews Peter Staley, an activist featured prominently in the Oscar-nominated documentary, ” How to Survive a Plague.” The film, which won the 2012 IFP Gotham Award for best documentary and is currently playing in theaters, is filled with rarely-before-seen footage of New York-based ACT UP ‘s early days organizing against and ultimately fighting the FDA, the NIH and major drug companies.
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