I've got 5 passes (for 2) to see How to Survive a Plague at the IFC Center in NYC! Passes are valid any Monday through Thursday (no holidays) during the run of its engagement beginning Monday, Septeber 24. Not for resale. Void at the end of the engagement.

To enter, just comment this blog with your choice for the ultimate hero of the AIDS crisis. I'll choose 5 of you at random to win one week from today. Please be from the NYC area/able to attend.

Sundance Selects presents

How to Survive a Plague

A film by David France

"Electrifiying. A magnificent documentary."—Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly

"Remarkable...An epic celebration of heroism and tenacity."—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Faced with their own mortality, an improbably group of young people, many of them HIV-positive men, broke the mold as radical warriors, taking on Washington and the medical establishment.

How To Survive A Plague is the story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.

How To Survive A Plague opens at the IFC Center on September 21.  Check your local listings.