Adam Benzine, the British filmmaker whose 2015 doc short Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah was Oscar-nominated, is putting the finishing touches to The Curve, a feature documentary examining the decisions that led to American’s Covid-19 crisis.
Production co Jet Black Iris Productions is launching the film to the market at TIFF this week, with all territories available. Final post-production is now underway and the doc is anticipated to be ready for U.S. broadcast in October.
Combining original interviews with more than two dozen analysts, researchers, journalists and political figures and archive footage, the project says it will examine nine key failures made by the American government that contributed to the current pandemic situation.
Speakers include: Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; and Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic.
Production co Jet Black Iris Productions is launching the film to the market at TIFF this week, with all territories available. Final post-production is now underway and the doc is anticipated to be ready for U.S. broadcast in October.
Combining original interviews with more than two dozen analysts, researchers, journalists and political figures and archive footage, the project says it will examine nine key failures made by the American government that contributed to the current pandemic situation.
Speakers include: Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; and Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic.
- 9/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The feature documentary “The Curve,” which examines the decisions that led to America’s Covid-19 crisis, is being shopped around at the Toronto International Film Festival by Jet Black Iris Productions.
Directed by Academy Award-nominee Adam Benzine (“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”) and featuring an original score by Emmy-winning composer Joel Goodman, the film traces the crucial three-month period, from mid-January to mid-April, when the choices made by America’s leaders sealed the country’s fate.
Production is complete and final post-production is underway, with the feature doc ready for U.S. broadcast in October.
Combining original interviews with archival footage, the film includes more than two dozen experts, analysts, researchers, journalists and political figures, examining nine key failures made by the American government that allowed an emerging pandemic to become a national catastrophe.
Interviewees include Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr.
Directed by Academy Award-nominee Adam Benzine (“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”) and featuring an original score by Emmy-winning composer Joel Goodman, the film traces the crucial three-month period, from mid-January to mid-April, when the choices made by America’s leaders sealed the country’s fate.
Production is complete and final post-production is underway, with the feature doc ready for U.S. broadcast in October.
Combining original interviews with archival footage, the film includes more than two dozen experts, analysts, researchers, journalists and political figures, examining nine key failures made by the American government that allowed an emerging pandemic to become a national catastrophe.
Interviewees include Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr.
- 9/14/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Director Adam Benzine, Oscar-nominated in the best documentary short subject category in 2016 for “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” is launching Covid-19 documentary “The Curve” to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival market.
Structured as an investigative thriller and made in secret over the last six months, the documentary — also produced by Benzine via his Jet Black Iris Productions — examines the decisions around the pandemic made by America’s leaders from mid-January to mid-April, which led to the current scenario.
The film combines original interviews with creatively treated archival footage, and features interviews with experts including Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of “Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond”; Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S.
Structured as an investigative thriller and made in secret over the last six months, the documentary — also produced by Benzine via his Jet Black Iris Productions — examines the decisions around the pandemic made by America’s leaders from mid-January to mid-April, which led to the current scenario.
The film combines original interviews with creatively treated archival footage, and features interviews with experts including Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of “Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond”; Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S.
- 9/14/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-nominated director Adam Benzine (Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah) is putting the final touches on The Curve, a feature doc that investigates America’s Covid-19 crisis and is being shopped at the virtual TIFF market by Jet Black Iris Productions.
Shot during the pandemic, the investigative doc will feature public health experts and journalists like Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic; and Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S. State Department advisor, as they explain ...
Shot during the pandemic, the investigative doc will feature public health experts and journalists like Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic; and Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S. State Department advisor, as they explain ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-nominated director Adam Benzine (Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah) is putting the final touches on The Curve, a feature doc that investigates America’s Covid-19 crisis and is being shopped at the virtual TIFF market by Jet Black Iris Productions.
Shot during the pandemic, the investigative doc will feature public health experts and journalists like Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic; and Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S. State Department advisor, as they explain ...
Shot during the pandemic, the investigative doc will feature public health experts and journalists like Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response; Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious-disease epidemiologist at University of Chicago Medicine; Sonya Shah, investigative journalist and author of Pandemic; and Ilan Goldenberg, former U.S. State Department advisor, as they explain ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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