BPM (Beats per Minute) (120 battements par minute)

Good morning everyone.

Allow me, first of all,

to congratulate the organization of the event, the diversity...

Come on.

120 BEATS PER MINUTE

Good evening. Welcome to Act Up.

For you to have more information,

the association was created in 1989 in the same model as Act Up-New York.

But what is Act Up?

An association born in the homosexual community

which defends the rights of people affected by AIDS.

Attention! It is not a patient support group. It's a group of activists.

I believe that if you are here tonight,

it's because they saw some of our acts on television or in the press

All decisions are made here

during weekly meetings, short for R.S., on Tuesdays

from 7pm. You will realize that

there are rules to take the floor.

Two middlemen control the debate.

You can express yourself on any subject

but they must raise their hands,

write the name on a list and wait your turn.

If your intervention is too long,

the intermediary will make this signal.

We do not usually applaud the interventions of others.

To express your approval, snap your fingers.

This makes the voice of the speaker not muted

and the debate does not delay.

Finally,

one last thing you should know,

is that once a member of Act Up,

whatever its serology,

you must accept if you pass the eyes of the media and the public

as seropositive. It is.

The meeting will begin.

If you have any doubts, come to me.

I'll be down there.

Do not forget to fill out the papers I gave you.

If you decide to join the association. Good meeting.

Good evening.

Good evening everyone. Welcome to R.S.,

Act Up-Paris weekly meeting.

Our planning is pretty tight tonight.

If you can spare us the textures,

would be wonderful!

It is forbidden to smoke in the room so as not to disturb the sick.

There is a fumódromo in the entrance. Avoid parallel debates there.

The place for speeches is here.

We are pleased to receive 4 new members.

Stand up at their names.

We're getting Patrice

and Judith.

Good evening.

So was Jérémie.

You can get up.

Welcome, Jérémie. And so is Nathan.

Hi, Nathan.

Unfortunately we have to announce the death

of Alain Isnard, a militant who joined Act Up early on.

Thibault will say a few words.

Before we notice, we put a picture of him in our magazine,

if you want to see

You probably do not remember him. It's been two years

that he does not come to R.S.,

but Alain, at the beginning of the association,

was a very important militant.

Thanks to him, we got our first two computers.

Two years ago he stopped coming here. When he contracted cryptosporidiasis,

he decided to get away from everyone.

It is.

We distribute these postcards

to be sent to the president by the name of Alain,

to let him know of his death.

This should remind François Mitterrand that there is an AIDS epidemic.

I propose that we speak now of the act against the AFLS.

Sophie, the word is yours.

Before, for those who do not know

AFLS is the French Agency for the Fight against AIDS.

Thanks.

And with you.

Right, thank you.

I will try to be as objective as possible,

but I confess it will be difficult

because I'm angry with what happened.

It would be good if anyone who participated in the act paid attention to the debate.

Boys, please.

-We need to move forward. Wait, it's important.

Thanks.

Everything was going well.

We discreetly infiltrated

on the congress site.

I do not know who the guy was talking about but he was very annoying.

I think the HIV positive present

died during his speech.

Good Morning. Allow me, first of all, to congratulate

the organization of the event

as well as the diversity and quality

of all participants.

Alright, let's go.

Good morning, we're Act Up-Paris.

We have come to say that the AFLS has existed for over three years and we

a prevention campaign worthy of its name.

France is the most affected country in Europe,

with twice as many patients as Germany and England

and you are not doing anything. They did nothing for the gays,

chemists, women, foreigners.

We campaigned for homosexual audiences.

This campaign was censored by the prime minister's office.

And it was published in a newspaper

that nobody reads.

No, I can not allow you to say that.

It was I who precipitated myself.

March?

Yeah, I said it was my fault.

I was behind, could not see much.

He also heard almost nothing. I panicked.

I heard a voice that said:

"And with you".

As soon as I saw Bernin's head,

I thought: it's now or never.

Quite frankly,

This is not the first time we've screwed up.

Marco threw the blood bladder very early, but this is not so serious.

It's not serious because it was not you.

who was talking like an idiot while no one listened.

But for me the worst

was what happened afterwards.

Two people left brutally up

of Bernin and handcuffed him

to a colleague or something.

BERNIN, RESIGN! BERNIN, RESIGN!

I do not know

who had the idea or took the initiative to do so.

You know very well, you do not play the fool.

Let her finish. You talk later.

Thanks. For me, this initiative was totally counterproductive.

Assassinations were furious as we tried to awaken them

and make them take sides. It was impossible that way.

We never agreed to handcuff anyone.

The plan was to handcuff himself if the police arrived.

Can we respond?

Nobody's keeping you from talking.

You can talk now, Max.

Thank you.

We improvised because he realized that the action was going through low water.

People were watching

to something folkloric. They seemed to be thinking:

"Act Up is giving their show, this will last ten minutes."

Then Marco did that bullshit that, for us, until it was useful.

Suddenly, our friends

they passed from smile to indignation.

The dudes,

for the first time, were showing anger.

It was then that we thought we had to go further.

We did the first thing that came to mind.

Bernin, resign.

BERNIN, RESIGN!

I think we were right.

We had decided to do something remarkable at this conference.

And we did. We went beyond

with what we had available. Nothing was premeditated.

Marcus?

Nobody said it was premeditated.

I agree with Sophie. The action was very violent.

We were going to put blood on his face, it was enough

but we never handcuffed anyone. This is crazy!

It was not just the Aides guy who was annoyed.

I had the impression of being held hostage.

Poor thing!

Sean, the word is yours.

They are kidding? What debate is that?

You talk as if the action failed, but it was a success.

First, Sophie, there was no physical violence.

Oh no? What I saw was the use of physical force.

No, the guy could not resist.

I'm glad this discussion has revealed all this hypocrisy.

I think I need to remind you what the AFLS is.

An agency created by the government in order to disengage itself.

And then, nothing else.

We go to meetings where they tell us:

"We can not shock the population like that. It would be counterproductive. "

And we continue with more than 6000 contaminations per year.

You can not tell me that.

All right, Sean.

People forget that HIV is sexually transmitted.

Thank you, Sean.

Nobody talks about gay people, drug addicts, prostitutes,

nothing about the people most affected by the epidemic.

I've seen your signal.

-Yes but... -I'm finished.

I do not give a damn if the AFLS felt humiliated

or if Aides' companions were shocked.

The state must know that we will not leave you alone.

until there is a prevention policy.

Okay, let's try.

-don't prolong us more... -Is important.

Yes I know.

I understand that you're upset, but there's no reason to despair.

We need to know if other associations have responded publicly.

Fabien, what can you say?