The documentary, Wuhan Wuhan was filmed during the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city. Award-winning director Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) had unprecedented access and was able to document life at the epicenter.
The film is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
Wuhan Wuhan is an observational documentary unfolding during February and March, 2020 at the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city, where the coronavirus began. With unprecedented access at the peak of the pandemic lockdown, the doc goes beyond the statistics and salacious headlines and puts a human experience into the early days of the mysterious virus as Chinese citizens and frontline healthcare workers grappled with an invisible, deadly killer.
The film focuses on five heart-wrenching and endearing stories: a soft-hearted ER doctor and an unflappable ICU nurse from the COVID-19 hospital; a compassionate volunteer psychologist at a temporary hospital; a tenacious mother and son who are COVID-19 patients navigating the byzantine PRC healthcare system; and a volunteer driver for medical workers and his 9-month pregnant wife whose heartfelt story forms the backbone of this film.
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, Wuhan Wuhan is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis. Watch the trailer below:
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It also has an incredible team behind it. Wuhan Wuhan was produced by Academy Award winner Donna Gigliotti (Shakespeare in Love, Hidden Figures), Starlight Media’s Peter Luo (Crazy Rich Asians), and Oscar nominee Diane Quon (Minding the Gap), with martial arts icon Donnie Yen serving as its EP.
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