For David France, the chaos surrounding the coronavirus pandemic is depressingly familiar. When he observes the disaster playing out in New York and other parts of the U.S., the journalist and ...

The AIDS epidemic didn't just subside. It took a fight. David France's film debut, "How to Survive a Plague," shows not only devastation, but what was – or wasn't – done about the virus that ...

The film How to Survive a Plague—a searing documentary about the coalition of activists who forced the government to confront the AIDS crisis in the ’80s and ’90s—had its premiere at the 2012 Sundance ...

Is the end of the world nigh? It sure seems that way. Even if the economic situation wasn’t enough of a harbinger of doom, this swine flu pandemic is a sure sign of the apocalypse. Or so it would ...

This documentary from journalist David France takes us through crucial stages in the early history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), from its formation in 1987 ( six years into the epidemic ...

In his filmmaking debut, journalist David France assembles a thoroughly reported chronicle of ACT UP’s most vital era, from the direct-action group’s founding in 1987 (six years into the AIDS epidemic ...

The Academy Award-nominated documentary “How to Survive a Plague” (www.surviveaplague.com) will play Thursday night at the Wheeler Opera House. Journalist David France, in his directorial debut, ...

In the dark days of 1987, the country was six years into the AIDS epidemic, a crisis that was still largely being ignored both by government officials and health organizations -until the sudden ...