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United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

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

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Jamie J. Hagen Autostraddle 07/13/2021
This film is testament to the need to reform our dysfunctional health care system and provide affordable health care for all. Go to Full Review Gabrielle Rivera Autostraddle 06/10/2021
It will live forever and hopefully be used to educate and show people what can happen when we work together. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 07/05/2012
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 02/22/2014
2/5
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. Go to Full Review Mike Scott Times-Picayune 10/06/2012
2/5
This story deserves more than a merely functional telling, which is really all it manages here. Go to Full Review Kam Williams AALBC.com 07/08/2012
4/4
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/25/2017 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. See more 07/05/2013 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. See more Read all reviews
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Jim Hubbard

Director

Jim Hubbard

Screenwriter

Ali Cotterill

Screenwriter

James Wentzy

Cinematographer

Ali Cotterill

Film Editing

Michael Millspaugh

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Movie Info

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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