SummaryDavid France's documentary takes an inside look at the historic, multi-national race to research, develop, regulate, and roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the war against the coronavirus pandemic. The documentary began filming in early 2020 as the largest public health effort in history got underway and followed those efforts of over the next 18 mont... Read More
Directed By:David France
Written By:David France, Tyler H. Walk
How to Survive a Pandemic
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Mar 24, 2022
80
Smart, humane and gripping even as it rakes over events all too fresh in our memories, How to Survive a Pandemic ends with plenty yet to be discussed and explored: It provides a road map to survival, but doesn’t suggest we’ve all made it just yet.
Mar 29, 2022
75
How to Survive a Pandemic is a poor title for a mostly fascinating documentary, whose flaws reflect its slightly fragmented nature. Yet at its core this HBO presentation captures the race to produce a vaccine amid political pressures imposed by a president preoccupied with his reelection, offering fly-on-the-wall access to many of the key players.
Mar 31, 2022
70
While its ambition and immediacy occasionally lead to some uneven patches, its insight nevertheless makes it a worthy addition to the growing library of films grappling with what just happened.
Mar 28, 2022
67
It’s compelling viewing, if a bit uneasy—not just for the flashbacks to those early COVID days of respiratory machines and people in HAZMAT suits, or the film’s second half, which covers the lack of egalitarianism in the vaccine rollout, and how those decisions ravaged non-Western countries and accelerated the rise in variants.
Mar 29, 2022
63
I doubt How to Survive a Pandemic will alter anyone’s opinion regarding the necessity of vaccines, yet it does pay admirable tribute to the scientists fighting to save the world, including those stubborn earthlings who have no interest in being saved.
Mar 31, 2022
60
The message — that science cannot succeed without a politics of solidarity — is important, but the film ends on a note of uncertainty that feels defeatist rather than urgent.
Mar 29, 2022
50
It’s as if the film itself is suffering from a pandemic hangover and can’t believe there’s a reason to feel better, even when describing one of the greatest scientific and manufacturing achievements in human history.
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Jan 16, 2023
7
Um documentário que terá seu valor histórico acrescido com o tempo, focando nas medidas de prevenção e na luta pela produção de vacina da COVID-19, incluindo aí uma tensa eleição nos EUA e seus efeitos políticos.
É visível que é uma produção apressada, feita para agradar o contexto, para aproveitar o timing de lançamento. Com isso, muitas questões são jogadas (efeito rebanho, números de morte que ficam limitadas até a data de produção) sem o devido aprofundamento. É como assistir a uma notícia jornalística mais do que a um documntário.
Ganha pontos por focar nas relações e nos homens públicos, muito mais do que apela a sentimentalismos das vítimas. Não é absolutamente necessário, mas poderá compor as obras que retratam esse período triste da saúde mundial.
Oct 30, 2023
6
How to Survive a Pandemic is an explanatory documentary that follows the pandemic process from the beginning to the present day, establishing close contact with doctors and scientists during this process and telling what happened in the background. We can also say that it is the story of the discovery of the vaccine in 1 year.
Production Company:
- HBO Documentary Films
- Impact Partners
- Public Square Films
- Sandbox Films (II)
Release Date:Mar 29, 2022
Duration:1 h 46 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:A Deadly Virus. A World On Its Knees. A Race to Save Humanity.
Awards
Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination
