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The Cultural Frontline: Hao Wu: Wuhan under lockdown on film

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Hao Wu: Wuhan under lockdown on film

13/02/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Hao Wu: Wuhan under lockdown on film

We go behind the camera with some of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers

We go behind the camera with some of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers.

This week, we go behind the camera with some of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers.
 
As the World Health Organisation begin their visit to Wuhan to determine the origins of Covid-19, perhaps some clues can be gleaned from Hao Wu’s documentary 76 days. Alongside his co-directors Weixi Chen and Anonymous, he documented the early days of the pandemic by following the staff and patients of four Wuhan hospitals from January to April 2020. He speaks to Chi Chi about the making of his film.
 
From marches in the streets to meetings in city halls, Suvi West‘s new documentary Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle, follows the Sámi people's fight for their culture and land. Shannon Kring’s documentary, End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, tells the story of the indigenous women who risk their lives to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline construction in the United States. Suvi and Shannon discuss the challenges, and the urgency of telling the stories of indigenous communities through film. 
 
When you think of a secret agent, your mind might not jump to an 85-year-old man. However, in the Chilean documentary The Mole Agent, director Maite Alberdi follows the story of 85-year-old Sergio who has been hired by a private detective to infiltrate a retirement home. Maite spent four months filming inside the retirement home and shares the lessons she learnt while making the documentary. 
 
Presented by Chi Chi Izundu


(Photo Credit: Hao Wu from the film 76 Days)

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