Posts Tagged ‘ ACT UP! ’

ACT UP! The Movie

A new film about ACT UP is in the works! Producers/directors Scott Robbe and Jerry Kolber have been feverishly working for the past three years to bring a story about the world’s first AIDS activists to the screen. As a grass-roots and radically democratic movement, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) has been instrumental in challenging power structures invested in letting people with AIDS die. Early, on, ACT UP helped achieve dedicated and immediate access to treatment-research funding, access to potential anti-AIDS meds, access [...]



ACT UP! the movie

A new film about ACT UP! is in the works! Producers/directors Scott Robbe and Jerry Kolbe have been feverishly working for the past three years to bring a story about the world’s first AIDS activists to the screen. As a grass-roots and radically democratic movement, ACT UP! was instrumental in challenging power structures invested in letting people with AIDS die. ACT UP! helped achieve dedicated and immediate access to speedy treatment R&D funding, access to potential anti-AIDS meds, access to freedom from stigma and discrimination, [...]