United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

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United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

2012

1h 30m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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A history of the AIDS activism movement comes from the perspective of people fighting the epidemic.

Jamie J. Hagen

Autostraddle

This film is testament to the need to reform our dysfunctional health care system and provide affordable health care for all.

Jul 13, 2021

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Gabrielle Rivera

Autostraddle

It will live forever and hopefully be used to educate and show people what can happen when we work together.

Jun 10, 2021

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

As scrappy and passionate as the actions it documents, "United in Anger: A History of Act Up" delivers a living tribute to a movement spawned by death and despair.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 5, 2012

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Que o ACT UP foi essencial ao desmistificar a AIDS e melhorar as condições de suas vítimas é algo inquestionável. Mas Unidos pela Raiva não precisava repetir isso por 90 minutos para provar o argumento.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 22, 2014

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Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

This story deserves more than a merely functional telling, which is really all it manages here.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 6, 2012

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Kam Williams

AALBC.com

A telling reminder of just how effective civil disobedience still can be when you tap into a forbidden emotion to unleash the requisite righteous rage needed to challenge an intransigent authority in collective and constructive fashion.

Rated: 4/4

Jul 8, 2012

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Audience Member

Fast-paced and covers a lot of territory, including the birth of the organization, its roots, the protests against the FDA, CDC, Wall Street, the bad actor Reagan and the other miscreants who did nothing (Koch, Bush) or put up obstacles (O'Connor and the Roman Catholic Church). All of this while telling of a human tragedy and the organic movement to save lives against apathetic men in power. Great footage and effective storytellers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

I work in HIV care and I feel like this documentary was a critical learning experience for me. It is shocking and unfortunate that the work of ACT UP has been erased from dialogue and history, even though, in the scheme of things, it JUST HAPPENED. The film made me feel ashamed for what I did not know and grateful that there were people willing to teach me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Jim Hubbard

Director

Jim Hubbard

Screenwriter

Ali Cotterill

Screenwriter

James Wentzy

Cinematographer

Ali Cotterill

Film Editing

Michael Millspaugh

Art Director

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Synopsis

A history of the AIDS activism movement comes from the perspective of people fighting the epidemic.

Director: Jim Hubbard
Screenwriter: Jim Hubbard, Ali Cotterill
Production Co: The Ford Foundation
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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