Summary
This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 90Audiences 75GoodWatch 81
Tomatometer99%
Metascore80
Audience score82%
IMDb7.6
User score6.7
Running time
2 h 3 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +27 min on the typical 96
typical 96123Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 20 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+10Released
2021
May 5, 2021
5 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 3
- Alex Gibney Director, Writer, Producer
- Ophelia Harutyunyan Director, Producer
- Suzanne Hillinger Director, Producer
Production · 10
- Alison Ellwood Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Lurie Executive Producer
- Michael Sacks Executive Producer
- Tom Quinn Executive Producer
- Mark Lampert Executive Producer
- Andrew Morrison Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Ben Bloodwell Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Lindy Jankura Editor
- Alex Keipper Editor
Sound · 2
- Peter Nashel Original Music Composer
- Brian Deming Original Music Composer
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