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Coronation | Trailer | A Film by Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei’s CORONATION is the first feature-length documentary about the coronavirus in Wuhan. As the first city hit in the global pandemic, the Chinese metropolis with a population of 11 million was placed under an unprecedented lockdown.   Available for rent or purchase via Alamo On Demand Virtual Cinema. https://ondemand.drafthouse.com/film/virtual-theatrical-coronation   The film showcases the incredible speed and power of China’s state machinery with its construction of massive coronavirus hospitals, deployment of roving sanitation-fogging robots, implementation of an exhaustive testing and contact-tracing protocol, and punctiliously engineered protective measures for health workers.   On the other side of the scale is the crushing bureaucracy of that same machine, its totalitarian decision-making, clear deception of ordinary citizens, the absence of civic communication, and perhaps, worst of all, a cold-eyed lack of empathy for those suffering loss and kept away from home.   Ai Weiwei paints a moving and revelatory portrait not just of China’s response to the pandemic but also of ordinary people in Wuhan, showing how they personally cope with the disaster. ---------- Where to find Alamo Drafthouse?   http://drafthouse.com http://twitter.com/alamodrafthouse http://facebook.com/alamodrafthouse http://instagram.com/drafthouse