Total Trust
By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling state and lends a voice to those that stand in resilient defiance of such blatant abuse of power.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Zhang Jialing
Actors: Quanzhang Wang, Sophia Xueqin Huang, Tutu, Wenzu Li, Zijuan Chen
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