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More Reviews From SFFILM Festival 2021 Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma Legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone famously said “All governments lie.” Nanfu Wang’s flawed but still worthwhile documentary “In The Same Breath” shows why Stone’s pronouncement is unfortunately still true. Her new film assesses the history of the Chinese and American governments’ early responses to the Coronavirus outbreak. In different ways, both governments’ public lies and coverups contributed to the COVID death toll in both countries. Nobody is credibly denying the Coronavirus originated in China. But what is being disputed is the use of that information as license to engage in “socially acceptable” public racism against the Chinese in America. The Orange Skull regularly whipped his cultists into racist frenzy by peddling that attitude. It’s one of the flaws of Wang’s film that this point isn’t even mentioned ....
Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 by Marisa Mirabal “How are you doing?” is a deceiving question despite its simplicity, especially when the inquiry is posed during a deadly pandemic. Many of us force smiles and internally debate whether to tell the hard truth or sugarcoat the answer. Writer/director duo Kelley Kali and Angelique Molina understand what people truly mean when they respond with quite literally, “I’m fine…thanks for asking”, which makes the statement a perfect title for their debut feature. If there’s any film released thus far that captures the pain, perseverance, and even pleasures of 2020, it’s theirs. ....