Released in 2013.
Plot line: In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.
This is a tough movie to watch, and Matthew McConaughey is disturbingly skinny, but this movie raises so many issues around the AIDS crisis, medical care, the FDA process regarding drugs, etc that it is worth watching. I was a little disturbed that the story is told from the POV of a straight man, a homophobe when we meet him, when there are many incredible and moving stories from the LGBTQ community that are under-represented in the mainstream media. But maybe that is the power of this movie, that people who might not go see And The Band Played On or Milk, might be educated about these issues.
You can see the movie trailer here. If you have yet to see it, this is a movie worth watching.
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