# Coronavirus, Explained (2020)

> A three-episode Netflix documentary miniseries that explains the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the global efforts to fight it and its effects on mental health.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/85788

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 26 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Hassan Rouhani, Giuseppe Conte, Jair Bolsonaro, Mike Pence, Justin Trudeau, Narendra Modi
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12189310/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: sober, informative, topical, clarifying, somber

## What critics say

Audiences rate this topical explainer positively for clearly organizing the complex early months of the coronavirus pandemic.

## Synopsis

Coronavirus, Explained (2020) is a American documentary miniseries produced by Vox Media Studios and released on Netflix. Across three short episodes of roughly 26 minutes each, it turns the rapid spread of the coronavirus into a clear, explanatory account for a general audience. Rather than following a single protagonist, the series is built from archival footage of world leaders including Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Narendra Modi and Tedros Adhanom, whose public statements anchor each stage of the crisis. Its engine is a plain question of what the virus is, how governments tried to contain it, and what the strain on daily life has cost people's minds. The tone is sober, topical and clarifying, closer to a news explainer than a sweeping historical record, and it will appeal to viewers who want a compact primer on a crisis that changed the world in 2020. Fans of Explained and Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak will find resonance in its concise, factual approach to a public health emergency.

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