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, 1,000 ACT UP activists marched on the National Institute of Health's Bethesda campus to protest the lack of available HIV/AIDS treatments.