A collaboration that spans eight countries and 9 individual stories, Convergence reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of a crisis. Beginning at the onset of the pandemic, the documentary follows everyday citizens across the globe as they rise to the challenges of this upheaval in extraordinary ways - from a Syrian refugee fighting the UK government to include hospital cleaners and porters in bereavement pay to a doctor committed to serving Miami's homeles... (Full plot summary below)
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A collaboration that spans eight countries and 9 individual stories, Convergence reveals the power of compassion and community in the face of a crisis. Beginning at the onset of the pandemic, the documentary follows everyday citizens across the globe as they rise to the challenges of this upheaval in extraordinary ways - from a Syrian refugee fighting the UK government to include hospital cleaners and porters in bereavement pay to a doctor committed to serving Miami's homeless community. But as this generation defining crisis begins to unmask deep-rooted flaws and inequities worldwide, their diverse journeys tell a more unified narrative about our common humanity and how, by coming together, great change can emerge from chaos.
Leave your thoughts about Convergence: Courage in a Crisis.
| RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmWhat Convergence reinforced for me, more than anything, is simply the overwhelming gratitude I have for every essential worker who took my temperature, bagged my groceries and drove me to my desired destination over the past twenty months. |
| Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonIt’s a humanistic endeavor, essentially, out of which emerge memorable people doing heroic work in inglorious places. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhen “Convergence” feels rushed for trying to squeeze in a global snapshot, its impact is diluted. |
| The GuardianPhil HoadEven in terms of its attempted emotional cross-section of the pandemic, Convergence spreads its net too wide. |
| The New York TimesDevika GirishThe critical edge of the film feels blunted by platitudes (“Opportunities are born from crises,” says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization), not to mention the exhaustion viewers will likely feel in reliving early memories of the still-ongoing pandemic for nearly two hours. |
| User ReviewJLuis_001This is definitely the last thing I will see regarding the pandemic. My opinion about this documentary is not a bad one, but at least for me it doesn't offer anything that I haven't seen or read each and every day since this started. It has become exhausting and suffocating. |
