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How to Survive a Plague: AIDS Activists ĺäĄ_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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