claim: The Monster is a song by an American rapper.
evidence: How to Survive a Plague is a 2012 American documentary film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic , and the efforts of ACT UP and TAG .. AIDS epidemic. Epidemiology of HIV / AIDS. ACT UP. ACT UP. TAG. Treatment Action Group. It was directed by David France , a journalist who covered AIDS from its beginnings .. David France. David France ( writer ). For France it was his first film .. He dedicated it to his partner Doug Gould , who died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992 .. The documentary was produced using more than 700 hours of archived footage which included news coverage , interviews as well as film of demonstrations , meetings and conferences taken by ACT UP members themselves .. ACT UP. ACT UP. France says they knew what they were doing was historic , and that many of them would die .. The film , which opened in select theatres across the United States on September 21 , 2012 , also includes footage of a demonstration during mass at St. Patrick 's Cathedral in 1989 .. United States. United States