In the Same Breath

Control the spread. Control the story.

Directed by Nanfu Wang

Produced by HBO Documentary Films, Motto Pictures

A sobering documentary that traces the early COVID-19 pandemic through firsthand accounts in Wuhan and America, examining how institutional control and narrative management shaped the crisis.

This documentary recounts the experiences of people on the ground in the earliest days of the novel coronavirus and the way two countries dealt with its initial spread, from the first days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States.