In the Same Breath

Synopsis

In the Same Breath, recounts the origin and spread of the coronavirus from the earliest days in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States. In a deeply personal approach, Wang explores the parallel campaigns of misinformation waged by leadership and the devastating impact on citizens of both countries. Emotional first-hand accounts and startling, on-the-ground footage weave a revelatory picture of cover-ups while also highlighting the resilience of the healthcare workers and activists who risked everything to communicate the truth.

This digital screening includes a moderated filmmaker conversation that will be on demand with the film. The Q&A features director and producer Nanfu Wang and producers Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements and Carolyn Hepburn, moderated by Anne Thompson, Editor at Large at IndieWire.

Closed Captioning is available for both the film and filmmaker conversation. ASL is available for the Q&A only.

Panelist Bios

Nanfu Wang, Director/Producer

Nanfu Wang is an award-winning Chinese filmmaker based in the U.S. She is a recipient of the 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant. Her feature documentaries include Hooligan Sparrow (Sundance 2016), I Am Another You (SXSW 2017, Special Jury Prize winner), One Child Nation (Sundance 2019, Grand Jury Prize Winner), and In the Same Breath (Sundance 2021). In her films, Wang creates intimate character studies that examine the impact of authoritarian governance, corruption, and lack of accountability on the lives of individuals and the well-being of communities. With the rigor of an investigative journalist and immersive, emotionally powerful storytelling, Wang interrogates notions of responsibility, freedom, and truth.

Christopher Clements, Producer

Christopher Clements is an Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning producer of documentary feature films and series, including: In The Same Breath, The Velvet Underground, The Mole Agent, A Thousand Cuts, Socks On Fire, Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story Of Roy Cohn, Ringside, One Child Nation, Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, Murder In The Bayou, Life, Animated, Weiner, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, The Cleaners, The Raft, Take Your Pills, Solitary, Inventing Tomorrow, Southwest Of Salem, Humans Of New York, Art And Craft. He has produced films directed by Roger Ross Williams, Nanfu Wang, Todd Haynes, Steve James, Maite Alberdi, among many others. Christopher is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Producers Guild of America (PGA), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

Carolyn Hepburn, Producer

Carolyn Hepburn is an Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning producer who joined Motto Pictures in 2010 and is currently Head of Production. Carolyn has produced and executive produced films and series including: In The Same Breath; The Velvet Underground; Socks On Fire; Ringside; The Mole Agent; A Thousand Cuts; One Child Nation; Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story Of Roy Cohn; 3/12 Minutes, Ten Bullets; Take Your Pills; Take Back The Harbor; Life, Animated; Charm City; Love, Gilda; Weiner, Art And Craft; And Murder In The Bayou. Carolyn is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Producers Guild of America (PGA), British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

Julie Goldman, Producer

Julie Goldman is an Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary feature films and series. Julie is the first documentary producer to receive the Amazon Studios Sundance Institute Producer’s Award and the Cinereach Producer’s Award. She has produced films directed by Roger Ross Williams, Nanfu Wang, Todd Haynes, Steve James, Maite Alberdi, among many others. Julie has produced and executive produced films and series including: In The Same Breath, The Velvet Underground, The Mole Agent, A Thousand Cuts, Socks On Fire, Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story Of Roy Cohn, Ringside, One Child Nation, Abacus:Small Enough To Jail, The Final Year, Murder In The Bayou, Life, Animated, Weiner, Best Of Enemies, Solitary, Manhunt, Inventing Tomorrow, The Raft, Southwest Of Salem, Gideon’s Army, 1971, Humans Of New York, God Loves Uganda, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, 3 1⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, Art And Craft and Buck.

Jialing Zhang, Producer

Jialing Zhang is an independent Chinese filmmaker based in Massachusetts. She co-directed and produced Emmy®-Award nominated One Child Nation (Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2019); Complicit (Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 2017). Jialing was nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, a PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary, the Gotham Independent Film Award in 2019 and most recently has won a Ridenhour Prize. She worked as a freelance journalist in Beijing for six years and holds a master’s degree from NYU's School of Journalism.