Press
GENERAL
“The necessity of shielding the film’s participants from exposure proves France’s greatest obstacle, yet it results in the film’s most ingenious tactic.”
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“Welcome to Chechnya further establishes France as America’s foremost documentarian on LGBTQ issues.”
“David France has created a true masterwork of LGBT empathy, working both as a devastating portrait of hate as well as a rallying cry to arms. This is one of the best documentaries of the year.”
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON
“It’s both a true-crime mystery and an elegy for the old West Village.”
“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is particularly suspenseful for the way it recollects the past through the prism of a murder mystery, brilliantly fusing an archival history with the elements of a detective story.
"France continues to display his command for compiling archive, never-before-seen footage and contemporary first-person perspectives with supreme editorial acumen."
"Reminds you of the key part that the transgender community played in the socio-political struggle for recognition. Essential viewing."
"The currents of rage, fear, fiery determination and finally triumph that crackle through David France’s inspiring documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” lend this history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power a scorching electrical charge."
Stephen Holden, New York Times
"Riveting...moving and essential."
"An emotionally searing, awe-inspiring and ultimately empowering film that should be shown as Social Justice 101. France’s film is the definitive ACT UP New York documentation that audiences in our Occupied world need to see."
"Both gripping and wrenching -- not to mention thrilling -- David France's documentary recalls a slice of recent history that is in danger of being lost."
Awards
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (HBO)
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON (NETFLIX)
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (IFC FILMS)
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS