BPM is a fictionalized account of the history of Act Up-Paris, the
triumphant true story of some of the great heroes of our era: the men and women who fought for the recognition and improved treatment of HIV and AIDS patients at a time when a diagnosis was a death sentence. As an original member of Act Up, writer-director Robin Campillo brings a detailed, thoroughly researched authenticity to his reconstruction of the activist organization’s politically and emotionally charged group meetings, its colorful protests, and the intimate relationships that bound the tight-knit group together.

Funded with a Tournées Film Festival Grant provided by the FACE Foundation

Additional funding provided by the Elizabeth B. and David Allan Robertson Lectureship Fund and the Frederick O. Musser Fund

Sponsored by the Center for Art and Media and the Center for the Study of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures