Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : In the same breath directed by Nanfu Wang will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 27 december 2020

Acclaimed filmmaker Nanfu Wang navigates the origin and spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to the United States through a lens both personal and geopolitical in scale. The result is a wrenching, wide-reaching documentary that contextualizes the trauma experienced by health-care workers and the families of loved ones lost. At the same time, the documentary probes President Xi Jinping’s and President Donald Trump’s eerily similar responses to the pandemic: Both men spread disinformation and sowed mass confusion during the most critical moments of the pandemic.

By detailing scores of firsthand Chinese and Americans interviews, Wang methodically builds a devastating indictment of leadership’s response to the pandemic, pointing to an unprecedented level of deception and ineptitude from the highest levels of government. The result is a tragedy born out of a rapid domino effect of cover-ups, mismanagement, and lies. Despite the infuriating revelations this film lays bare, its lasting power rests in the stories of individuals who risked everything for others—and for the truth.

Synopsis :
How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party?

In the same breath (USA)
Directed by Nanfu Wang
Produced by Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn
Edited by Nanfu Wang, Michael Shade
Distributed by Cinetic Media (https://cineticmedia.com)
Release date : Janaury 29, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 95 minutes

Premiere : jan. 29 - 2:00am // Second screening : jan. 30 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)