Whether it be in historical films or more futuristic, utopian idioms, the movie industry has – more often than you thought – responded imaginatively and dramatically to epidemics. In the wake of the Covid-I9 pandemic, brilliant researcher and writer Tom Zaniello’s timely, personal and deeply original study shows how, from cholera to ebola to AIDS/HIV and beyond, makers of fiction and documentary movies have turned human sickness into entertainment and – sometimes poisonous! - food for thought.
