‘Totally Under Control’ Documentary on White House Response to COVID-19 Lands at Neon

Neon made the announcement Thursday, a day after revelations from journalist Bob Woodward that President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed U.S. coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous and repeatedly downplayed it publicly.

“With an extraordinary team of collaborators, I was compelled to mount this production when I saw the scale of incompetence and political corruption by the Trump Administration in the face of a global pandemic,” Gibney said. “Now we know that by Feb. 7, Trump knew that COVID was, in his words, ‘a deadly virus.

He continued, “While the current administration tries to frame the situation as an unavoidable crisis, it is really closer to a crime of negligence. Weirdly enough, I don’t see this as a political film; it’s a film about incompetence and corruption that is totally out of control.

Gibney’s credits include “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks,” “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” and “Academy Award Winner Taxi to the Dark Side.” Gibney is represented by UTA.

Jeff Deutchman negotiated the deal for Neon with Nick Shumaker from UTA Independent Film Group and Jackie Eckhouse from Sloss Eckhouse LLP on behalf of the filmmakers. Altitude is handling foreign sales.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

That’s fine, but I’m waiting for one about mental illness in politics...a documentary long, long overdue!

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