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On January 20th, 2020 the US and South Korea both discovered their first cases of COVID-19. However, 9 months later, the novel Coronavirus has claimed the lives of almost 200,000 Americans and caused staggering economic damage, while in South Korea, there were no significant lockdowns and, in an urbanized population of 51 million, only 344 lives have been lost. Where did we go wrong? As the presidential election nears, Americans are increasingly enraged by a lack of clear leadership, endemic political corruption and left to wonder how did the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world manage to fail so thoroughly in its response to a global pandemic?
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, directing with Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger, interrogates this question and its devastating implications in Totally Under Control. With damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, Gibney exposes a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of Presidential leadership.
It will be a generation before we know the full extent of the damage wrought by this pandemic, but Totally Under Control will stand as the definitive account of the Trump administration’s incompetence, corruption and denial in the face of this global pandemic.
Original Release
10/09/2020
US Release
10/09/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alex Azar | Self - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Charles Baker | Self - Governor of Massachusetts |
Scott Becker | Self - Chief Executive Officer, Association of Public Health Laboratories / Self |
Taison Bell | Self - Medical ICU Director, UVA Medical Center / Self |
Deborah Birx | Self - White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator / Self (archive footage) |
John Bolton | Self - White House National Security Advisor |
Michael Bowen | Self - Executive Vice President, Prestige Ameritech / Self |
Rick Bright | Self - BARDA Director 2016 - 2020 |
Sylvia Burwell | Self - HHS Secretary 2014 - 2017 |
Beth Cameron | Self - National Security Council Senior Director 2013 - 2017 |
Directors
Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alex Azar | Self - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Charles Baker | Self - Governor of Massachusetts |
Scott Becker | Self - Chief Executive Officer, Association of Public Health Laboratories / Self |
Taison Bell | Self - Medical ICU Director, UVA Medical Center / Self |
Deborah Birx | Self - White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator / Self (archive footage) |
John Bolton | Self - White House National Security Advisor |
Michael Bowen | Self - Executive Vice President, Prestige Ameritech / Self |
Rick Bright | Self - BARDA Director 2016 - 2020 |
Sylvia Burwell | Self - HHS Secretary 2014 - 2017 |
Beth Cameron | Self - National Security Council Senior Director 2013 - 2017 |
Caroline Chen | Self - Healthcare Reporter, ProPublica |
Andrew Cuomo | Self - Governor of New York / Self (archive footage) |
Debbie Dingell | Self - Congresswoman, Michigan / Self (archive footage) |
Anthony Fauci | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Thomas Frieden | Self - CDC Director 2009 - 2017 |
George Gao | Self - Director of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
Alex Gibney | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Alex Greninger | Self - Assistant Director, UW Medicine Clinical Virology |
Kim Jin Yong | Self - Infectious Disease Doctor, Incheon Medical Center |
Bob Kadlec | Self - Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Maiken Baird | Executive Producer |
Jeff Deutchman | Executive Producer |
Alison Ellwood | Executive Producer |
Marie Therese Guirgis | Executive Producer |
Mark Lampert | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey Lurie | Executive Producer |
Andrew Morrison | Executive Producer |
Dan O'Meara | Executive Producer |
Stacey Offman | Executive Producer |
Richard Perello | Executive Producer |
Tom Quinn | Executive Producer |
Michael Sacks | Executive Producer |
Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
Diane Weyermann | Executive Producer |
Ophelia Harutyunyan | Producer |
Suzanne Hillinger | Producer |
Alex Gibney | Producer |
Daniel Bellone | Producer |
Erin Edeiken | Producer |
Blair Foster | Producer |
Gini Richards | Producer |
Julia Schwalb | Producer |
Nimco Sheikhaden | Producer |