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The Normal Heart (2014)

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
NC-17
Documentary

Release Date
May 25, 2014
Director
Ryan Murphy
Runtime
128
Main Genre
Documentary
Writers
Larry Kramer
Tagline
To win a war, you have to start one.

Summary

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

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