Thousands of AIDS activists protested at the National Institute of Health, demanding more effective treatments for HIV/AIDS. A young filmmaker, meanwhile, tried to deliver a package to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the AIDS research arm, while capturing the protest on camera.
Silence = Death
On May 21, 1990, over 1,000 activists from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) protested the National Institute of Health's lack of available HIV/AIDS treatments. The protest led to a confrontation between the activists and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was then the director of the Nationa...
