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How to Survive a Plague: AIDS Activists ĺ䁥€_Bring the Dead

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary How to Survive a Plague, activists bring the remains of loved ones who were lost to AIDS to the gates of the White House, chanting "Bring the dead, to your door," to shame the last two presidents for inactivity on AIDS research.

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