Act Up Ou Le Chaos

In 2024, Act Up-Paris, the French homosexual AIDS activist association, will be 35 years old. Throughout its history, Act Up has invented a new, provocative, and radical way of campaigning; it has brought HIV-positive people and the gay community out of invisibility; it has forced public authorities and pharmaceutical companies to take the epidemic seriously; and, thanks to its information and prevention work, it has saved many lives. All of this continues to do today when a general slackening of youthful attitudes is leading us to fear a resurgence of the epidemic. With Act Up ou le chaos, Pierre Chassagnieux & Matthieu Lère deliver, for the first time, an exhaustive documentary account of the terrible yet magnificent history of Act Up-Paris. They draw on never-before-seen archives and the exceptional participation of those who have made and continue to make Act Up.

En 2024, Act Up-Paris, l’association militante de lutte contre le sida issue de la communauté homosexuelle française, aura 35 ans. Tout au long de son histoire, Act Up inventa une nouvelle manière de militer, provocante et radicale ; sortit les séropositifs et la communauté gay de l’invisibilité ; obligea les pouvoirs publics et les labos pharmaceutiques à prendre l’épidémie au sérieux et, grâce à son travail d’information et de prévention, sauva de nombreuses vies… Ce qu’elle continue de faire aujourd’hui, au moment où un relâchement généralisé de la jeunesse laisse craindre un regain épidémique…

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