76 Days— which follows exhausted doctors and nurses in Wuhan, China struggling to cope as the deadly global outbreak of the new coronavirus first originated — will be eagerly anticipated at the Toronto Film Festival as it's the first documentary from ground zero of the COVID-19 crisis to reach movie theaters.
The irony is the ongoing global pandemic will keep New York City-based co-director Hao Wu from physically attending the world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept.
14 for his documentary about Wuhan's 76 day COVID-19 lockdown from late January to early April. "We were ecstatic when we heard Toronto picked our film, but now we're disappointed that we won't be able to go in person," Wu tellsThe Hollywood Reporter.