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Directed by: Jessica Kingdon
Country:
China
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Year: 2020
Topics:
Sociopolitical
Last Screened:
Tue 31st Jan 2023
Examining what living the so-called 'Chinese Dream' looks like today through a mesmerising series of cinematic vignettes.
Ascension is an impressionistic exploration of the pursuit of wealth and the industrial supply chain in China, we drift from the people of the factory floor, to the middle classes selling to aspirational consumers, and on to the wealthiest of society, revelling in a new level of hedonistic enjoyment.
Jessica Kingdon’s stunning work is a journey across the People’s Republic of China, exploring labour, aspiration and the universal paradoxes of economic progress.
