10 Sundance films that tackled the pandemic
(Even if they didnât mean to)
by Angie Han
(Even if they didnât mean to)
by Angie Han
On the same day that the Sundance Film Festival kicked off last year, Wuhan, China, went into lockdown â not that many festival goers seemed to take much note of it at the time. A year later, however, it's become impossible to miss.
The coronavirus seemed to be everywhere I looked during Sundance 2021, starting with the experience itself â virtual, of course, in deference to the ongoing crisis. It was also all over the movies themselves, not only in the subject matter but in the way they were shot or the overall vibe they evoked. Sometimes, the virus even seemed to make its way into films that couldn't possibly have been about the virus to begin with.