Tag: How to Survive a Plague
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Rock Hudson Was a Great Actor, but the New Doc on His Life Fails to Celebrate His Artistry
The most important thing about “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed” is that, within the essential act of reclamation it provides for the star, it doesn’t just write off the Hollywood icon’s life as sad. That’s a remarkable thing for a documentary in which its last 40 minutes are as harrowing a depiction of AIDS…
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‘How to Survive a Pandemic’ Director David France: ‘I Despaired for America’ When Covid Swept the Country
From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker David France (“How to Survive a Plague”) could sense the scale of the threat looming on the horizon. A long-time health reporter who has spent decades documenting the battle against HIV and AIDS, he also knew that it would be up to science to…
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Dogwoof boards Covid-19 doc from ‘Welcome To Chechnya’ director David France
The HBO documentary about the race for a vaccine will be introduced at the EFM.Dogwoof has secured international sales rights to the upcoming documentary from Welcome To Chechnya director David France, which it is introducing to buyers at this week’s European Film Market (EFM).The untitled feature will explore the global race to research, develop and…
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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Trailer: The Lgbqt Sundance Documentary Premieres on HBO in June
David France‘s (How to Survive a Plague) Welcome to Chechnya debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to critical raves, with the powerful Lgbtq documentary collecting the award for best editing and later, at Berlinale, winning the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary. The documentary will soon arrive on HBO, with the network announcing the…
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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Review: David France’s Third Lgbtq Rights Film Is Devastatingly Brave
Over the course of his filmmaking career, David France has made urgent political documentaries about Lgbtq rights, first with the AIDS pandemic and the founders of Act Up (the Oscar-nominated “How to Survive a Plague”), then the first transgender rights activists (“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”). His third film, “Welcome to Chechnya,”…
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Documentarians Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus Launch New Production Company — Exclusive
With documentaries on the rise and multiple backers and outlets for non-fiction films, two veteran filmmakers — married producer-financier Dan Cogan and producer-director Liz Garbus — have decided to launch their own production company, Story Syndicate. Clearly, it’s a propitious time: The public’s appetite for non-fiction stories has never been greater, as movies ranging from…