"How to Survive a Plague" documents the early years of the AIDS epidemic and the efforts of activist organizations like ACT UP and TAG to take on Washington and the medical establishment to help identify and approve promising new drug treatments.

This excerpt from director David France's Oscar nominated film features archival footage from the television show "Crossfire," in which activist Peter Staley goes head to head with opponents from the left and the right.

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