"Frontline" The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1 (TV Episode 2021)

"Frontline" The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1 (TV Episode 2021). The Virus That Shook the World, Part 1: Directed by James Bluemel. With Benta Agola, Priyanka Boghani, Jair Bolsonaro, Amie Burbridge. The epic story of how people around the world lived through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Filming across the globe and using extensive personal video and local footage, FRONTLINE documented how people and countries responded to COVID-19 across cultures, races, faiths and privilege.

“u0026quot;The Virus That Shook The Worldu0026quot; (2021 release; 2 parts totaling 167 min.) brings a global perspective of the ravage and damage, both in physical terms and in emotional terms, caused by the global pandemic known as the coronavirus that spread like a fire around the globe in 2020. The documentary looks at its (still not clear) origins in Wuhan, PRC, and how it then, at first tentatively, then rapidly and ultimately unstoppably, spread around the globe, The film makers try to stay away from the political side of things, and instead focus on personal experiences as lived by people both nearby and in far flung places. Among others, we get to know a first responder in London, a struggling artist in India, and a tribal leader in remote Brazil.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCouple of comments: this is the latest from veteran documentary director James Bluemel. Please note: do not confuse this documentary from the very similarly titled UK documentary called u0026quot;Outbreak: The Virus That Shook the Worldu0026quot;, which premiered a few months before this one, and covers the very same topic. As I mentioned, this tries to shy away from all politics, but nevertheless you can easily sense the utter incompetence if not brazen recklessness or worse from Brazilu0026#39;s president Bolsonaro, Indiau0026#39;s prime minister Modi, and yes, our very own Donald u0026quot;One day–itu0026#39;s like a miracle–it will disappearu0026quot; Trump. It will takes years to sort out the true human cost of this pandemic, which on top of the hundred thousands of deaths, also has taken a high toll on the mental wellbeing in much of the world. This documentary works best when we get footage from these unfamiliar (and typically far flung) places like that tribal area in remote Brazil or what life is really like for that struggling artist in India. Towards the end of this documentary, we hear from a nurse in England, lamenting that u0026quot;Iu0026#39;ve lost my ability to smileu0026quot; as we are told it is December 31, 2020 and that nurse (and we) are all too ready to leave 2020 behind us…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Virus That Shook The Worldu0026quot; premiered this week on PBS as part of its long-running Frontline franchise and is now available on PBS On Demand, Amazon Instant Video, and other streaming services (the DVD/Blu-ray will follow in a few months). This is not the first, and surely not the last, documentary that examines what REALLY did happen during this terrible pandemic. If you have any interest in the coronavirus, regardless of your politics, Iu0026#39;d readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.”