COVID-19 pandemic and the country plunges headlong towards a critical election, it’s apt timing for a documentary like Totally Under Control.It acts as both a primer on what’s happened with the Trump administration’s handling of the novel coronavirus in the U.S.
as well as a terrifying foreshadowing of what’s to come if things continue unchecked.Packed to the gills with information, co-directors Alex Gibney (Going Clear), Suzanne Hillinger and Ophelia Harutyunyan present a dense reveal of behind-the-scenes failures and miscommunication within some of America’s most hallowed institutions.While some of the information may seem like old news to those of us abreast of current politics — and with our light-speed news cycle, things become.