CoroNation

CoroNation (2020)

As the first city hit in the global pandemic, Wuhan, with a population of 11 million, was placed under an unprecedented lockdown. The film showcases the incredible speed and power of China’s state machinery in its fight against the virus. On the other side of the scale is the crushing bureaucracy of that same machine.

Data di uscita
2020-08-20
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (5)
Durata
1 h 55 min
Generi
Documentario
Regista
Ai Weiwei

Curiosità

  • Girato a: Cina

Coronation is a 2020 documentary film directed by Chinese activist Ai Weiwei. The film documents happenings in the city of Wuhan, China during the global COVID-19 pandemic, and how the country's government and citizens have responded to and been impacted by the outbreak. Ai directed the film remotely from Europe, with dozens of volunteers and paid crews covertly gathering footage inside hospitals, homes, and quarantine zones across China.

Production

Ai, who lives in Europe, remotely directed dozens of volunteers and paid crews across China who gathered the footage used in Coronation. In a telephone interview with The New York Times, Ai stated the most difficult footage to obtain was footage of inside intensive care units. He said that much of this footage was gathered using handheld video cameras roughly the size of smartphones.

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