A new series about the American AIDS epidemic and ACT UP New York (from 1987-1993) is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Weekend,” “Looking“) will showrun “Let The Record Show,” based on a new novel that covers New York activism surrounding the AIDS crisis. Haigh will also write and direct the pilot episode.
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The novel that was just released last month comes from author Sarah Schulman and is based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members. Below is the official synopsis from publisher Macmillan Books.
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“In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. They stormed the FDA and NIH in Washington, DC, and started needle exchange programs in New York; they took over Grand Central Terminal and fought to change the legal definition of AIDS to include women; they transformed the American insurance industry, weaponized art, and advertising to push their agenda, and battled—and beat—The New York Times, the Catholic Church, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their activism, in its complex and intersectional power, transformed the lives of people with AIDS and the bigoted society that had abandoned them.”
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Director Andrew Haigh is best known for his work on his breakthrough gay romance “Weekend,” HBO‘s “Looking,” the drama “Lean On Pete,” “45 Years,” the Netflix sci-fi show “The OA,” and the upcoming AMC+ series “The North Water” that stars Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell.
“Let The Record Show” will be produced by Concordia Studio and Killer Films (“Carol,” “Halston“), although where it will air has not been finalized yet.
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