Movie #719 .........................."How to Survive a Plague"

Movie #719 "How to Survive a Plague" is about Aids and I can't believe this is nominated for an academy award this year --- it is so boring. Wonderful topic done so badly. This film shows exactly what I don't like about documentaries --- when it uses one way to give the information, and it ends up giving very little because it relies on John Q Public to announce what to learn. If all documentaries dispensed information this way, I would vow to never watch another one. So stay away from this one --- still can't believe it was nominated. yikes! I give it 2 stars out of 5. How to Survive a Plague 2012 NR 109 minutes This passionate documentary focuses on the grass-roots crusade in the 1980s and '90s to speed up efforts at developing treatments for the HIV virus. The film follows AIDS activists to Washington, where they challenge the government to act. Cast:Bill Bahlman, David Barr, Gregg Bordowitz, Jim Eigo, Mark Harrington, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Ray Navarro, Bob Rafsky, Peter Staley Genre:Political Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries, Documentary