The Curve

Name: The Curve
Director: Adam Benzine
Released: 2020

Adam Benzine 2020

In the first major creative documentary covering America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oscar-nominated director Adam Benzine and an all-star creative team trace the decisions and mistakes made by the U.S. government over a crucial three-month period, using a creative blend of interviews, archival material and original music.
Told in the style of investigative thriller, The Curve embraces a tense, urgent soundtrack and a visual mix of intense news coverage and looming panorama shots, to trace the 90-day period from January 15, 2020, when a plane lands in Seattle carrying the first known American infected with COVID, to Easter Monday, when the death toll began to spiral out of control.

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Running Time:

59 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Adam Benzine

Producers:

Adam Benzine

Editors:

Tiffany Beaudin

Production Companies:

Jet Black Iris

COVID-19

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Health

Investigative Journalism

Politics

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