Nanfu Wang adds her personal experiences to the documentary 'In the Same Breath.'
is driven by its vivid immersion into the chaos of the moment: nurses in biohazard garb, bodies falling in the street, a city made ghostly by a lockdown. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang, who was in China with her son visiting family for Chinese New Year in January 2020, imbues the scenes with her own pandemic story, as she analyzes how China stage-managed the catastrophe.
If anything, she argues, what underlies the film — streaming on HBO Max and shortlisted in the Academy Awards’ documentary feature category — is consistent with the thematic arc sketched by two of Wang’s previous features set in China.and “Hooligan Sparrow” .
Such transparency is part of the process. In one sequence, several individuals hired to shoot in China appear before the camera to explain why they took on a task that wasn’t only a health risk but could draw unwanted attention from the highly censorious Chinese government. “Being authentic and honest about everything makes it more interesting,” said Wang, explaining her rationale. But, also, the heavy hand of censorship imposes its own urgency.
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