Documenting Wuhan

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If you would like to watch the film prior to the today's talk, you may go here: https://fp.hiff.org/films/detail/76_days_2020 

76 Days will be viewable via Hawaii International Film Festival until Nov 29. 

In 2020, as COVID-19 swept the globe, award-winning documentary filmmaker Hao Wu co-directed a landmark films exploring the outbreak in Wuhan, China. Co-directed by Weixi Chen and Anonymous, Hao Wu's 76 Days offers glimpses into the entire 76 day lockdown through the eyes of patients and medical workers. This event will highlight one of the most exciting documentary filmmakers of his generation, in dialogue with Michael Berry (CCS Director and translator of Wuhan Diary), to discuss their experience documenting the early stage of a global pandemic.   


HAO WU (DIRECTOR) Wu’s documentary films have received funding support from The Ford Foundation JustFilms, ITVS, Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, NYSCA and international broadcasters. His previous feature documentary, People’s Republic of Desire, about China’s live-streaming phenomenon, won the Grand Jury Award at the 2018 SXSW festival, among many other awards. It has screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide and broadcasted nationally on PBS Independent Lens. The New York Times calls the film “hyper-charged,” while The Los Angeles Times says it’s “invariably surprising and never less than compelling.” His latest short, All in My Family, is a Netflix Original Documentary and launched globally in May 2019. Born and raised in China, Wu now travels between the U.S. and China. From 2008-2011, he was a fellow at New America, a D.C.-based think tank. His writing has appeared on Time.com, Slate.com, Marketplace Radio, Strait Times, China Newsweek, and China Daily. He is a member of the Documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies