Join us on 3 December at 18:10 at Bertha DocHouse for a special screening of The First Wave in partnership with covid:aid, the UK’s national charity dedicated to supporting those significantly affected by Covid-19.
The screening on will be followed by a Q&A with covid:aid trustee, campaigner, screenwriter and producer Dominic Minghella, and hosted by covid:aid founder and CEO, Michael MacLennan. Dominic was a hospitalised Covid-19 patient during the first wave and together with Michael they will discuss his experiences and the crucial support covid:aid provides.
We’re also teaming up with covid:aid to celebrate the Covid Heroes who have gone above and beyond to help others throughout the pandemic. Leave a message for your Covid Hero at: https://covidaidcharity.org/covidheroes
With exclusive access to one of New York’s hardest hit hospital systems, Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award–winning director Matthew Heineman’s THE FIRST WAVE spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicentre of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered. Leaving a devastating trail of death and despair, this once-in-a-century pandemic changed the very fabric of daily life and exposed long-standing inequities in our society. The “first wave” of COVID-19 ravaged New York from March through June 2020. With Heineman’s signature approach of character-driven cinema vérité, THE FIRST WAVE documents those harrowing first four months, embedding with a group of doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines as they all navigated the crisis. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm through which we can view the emotional and societal impacts of the pandemic, and are a testament to the strength of the human spirit.