- Source: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is a 2012 documentary film directed by Jim Hubbard and produced by Hubbard and Sarah Schulman about the beginning and progress of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people fighting the epidemic. Archival footage with oral histories of members of ACT UP depicts the history of civil disobedience against corporate greed, social indifference, and government negligence in the face of AIDS. The film captures the efforts of ACT UP to remove the stigma associated with AIDS, push the prioritization of experimental drug research and testing, and provide a context for the devastating effects of the epidemic. The film includes several actions by ACT UP: Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation.
Synopsis
HIV arrives in the United States. People, mostly gay men, start dying. The US government ignores it. The Church condemns homosexuals. The pharmaceutical industry produces expensive drugs. People keep dying. Love, grief and outrage lead to the formation of ACT UP in March 1987. United in Anger: A History of ACT UP documents ACT UP's use of direct activism, civil disobedience, inroads and outroads to raise awareness and affect change on a national level.
Cast
See also
How to Survive a Plague: Documentary on the history of ACT UP
References
External links
Official website
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP at IMDb
Review: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP in Variety
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- United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
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- David Wojnarowicz
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- History of tariffs in the United States
- Democratic Party (United States)
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