76 Days
[Plays Jan. 23 for free via Virtual Cinema sponsored by MSP Film Society (for more information, log on to mspfilm.org) and available on various VOD platforms.] A captivating, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, informative, critically acclaimed, candid, moving, 93-minute documentary that follows the dedicated, caring, hazmat-suit-wearing medical staff at four Chinese hospitals, including the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, during the 76-day lockdown between Jan. 23 and April 4 in Wuhan, China, in 2020 and their diligent attempts to treat and save an eclectic group of patients (such as a dementia-afflicted grandfather and a couple waiting in quarantine waiting to hold their newborn girl nicknamed "little penguin") struggling with COVID-19 during the global pandemic.
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