Direction: David France

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by David France. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Welcome to Chechnya

2020 · Documentary · 107 min. · United States

Direction David France

Plot This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ pogrom raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Since 2016, Chechnya’s tyrannical...

7.3

245 votes

7.3

245 votes

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

2017 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

Direction David France

Cast Victoria Cruz · Marsha P. Johnson · Sylvia Rivera · Taylor Mead

Plot Featuring never-before-seen footage and rediscovered interviews, Academy Award nominee David France ('How to Survive a Plague') follows a new investigation into the mysterious death of self-described “street queen” Marsha P....

7.0

391 votes

7.0

391 votes

How to Survive a Plague

2012 · Documentary · 109 min. · United States

Direction David France

Cast Peter Staley · Garance Franke-Ruta · Mark Harrington · Iris Long

Plot The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

7.0

225 votes

7.0

225 votes

How to Survive a Pandemic

2022 · Documentary · 106 min. · United States

Direction David France

Plot Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.

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