Wuhan film captures horror, humanity at Covid-19 ground zero

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Los Angeles – Back in February, when few Americans were aware of a distant and oddly named phenomenon called coronavirus, two Chinese filmmakers strapped on hazmat suits and embedded themselves in Wuhan’s overrun hospitals. There, they captured harrowing footage...

The footage they sent him revealed how, in the chaos of the disease’s early weeks, they were able to get remarkable access – but at considerable personal risk and suffering.“They were fainting, it was really warm. A few times wanted to throw up inside goggles, but he couldn’t because once you throw up, once you remove your PPE , you have to get out, you could not come back again.”Wu also had a personal motivation for pursuing the project.

But once the pandemic spread – with exponentially greater tragedy – to other countries like the US, the desire to place blame was replaced by a desire to document how “as human beings live through this, how we can share this experience”. Wuhan hospitals desperately lacking PPE initially welcomed coverage that could boost donations and volunteers, he added.

 

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