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ABC Studios has bought rights to France\u2019s film with the idea of potentially making it into a dramatic miniseries.<\/p>\n<p>France, who co-wrote and directed the documentary, would prepare the adaptation, which could go broader and deeper into the subject of his documentary, he said in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/oscar-nominated-doc-how-survive-425198#\">article<\/a> in the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.\u00a0 France also was recently interviewed about his work on National Public Radio\u2019s Here and Now. His film has been widely honored, receiving awards for the best documentary film of 2012 from the Gothic Independent Film Awards and the Boston Society of Film Critics.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary frames the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and the efforts of activists to call attention to the disease and mobilize appropriate treatment and prevention responses by the government and health care establishment. 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