How to Survive a Plague (2012)
https://surviveaplague.com
​The most exciting thing about How to Survive a Plague is how new it is. As was the case for the list of LGBT culture documentaries from last week, there is a sense here that the best LGBT films remain ahead of us. David France's debut feature is a triumph of what Shola Lynch has called "historical verite," the crafting of a narrative out of archival footage. As a history of ACT UP it is peerless and as a portrait of heroism it is among the best of nonfiction cinema in general.