Blame – Ein bildgewaltiges Plädoyer für die Wissenschaft

What happens when scientific findings collide with political interests and a public that would rather look for someone to blame than search for answers?

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Christian Frei follows three researchers who warned of the threat of a new pandemic years before COVID-19 and who, after the outbreak, suddenly found themselves at the centre of a global culture war. Virologist Shi Zhengli, molecular biologist Linfa Wang, and zoologist Peter Daszak have spent decades studying viruses that can jump from bats to humans. When their warnings become reality, they are not hailed as voices to be heard, but treated as people to blame. Caught between media frenzy, political accusations, and deliberately spread misinformation, they are forced to defend their work, their integrity, and, in some cases, even their livelihoods and lives.

BLAME is not simply a film about the pandemic. It is a compelling and unsettling portrait of a world in which facts are increasingly under pressure. A thoughtful and visually striking documentary about science, disinformation, and the question of whom we can trust when the next crisis comes.