Watch the intense trailer for Alex Gibney's secretly filmed COVID documentary

"Total bullshit. He doesn't know what he's talking about."
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Watch the intense trailer for Alex Gibney's secretly filmed COVID documentary
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For five months of 2020, directors Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger made a film in secret. They interviewed scientists, medical professionals, and government officials to create a comprehensive view of the White House's responses to coronavirus and the result is Totally Under Control, out later this month.

The trailer, edited like a horror movie — and depending on who you ask, that might be the appropriate mirror for our current reality — shows clips of Donald Trump downplaying the virus in press conferences while interview subjects analyze his response and misinformation (at one point calling it "total bullshit").

Totally Under Control will be available on demand Oct. 13 and on Hulu Oct. 20.

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