A global pandemic, a sinking economy, attempts to overturn the U.S. presidential election, racially-motivated police brutality culminating in the Black Lives Matter movement: 2020 was indeed a “year of multiple colliding crises,” as historian Erika Lee describes in the trailer for June Beallor’s “2020 Chaos and Hope.”
A retrospective on one of the most turbulent years of our lifetimes, the doc revisits 2020 through the diverse perspectives of frontline workers, activists, scientists, and politicians, among others. “2020 Chaos and Hope” includes interviews with experts including emergency medicine doctor Kamini Doobay, author and historian Heather Cox Richardson, researcher Joan Donovan, and President Biden’s chief medical advisor, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.
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