People's Republic of Desire

Director	Hao Wu
Year	2018
Country	China
Runtime	1h 35m
Language	Mandarin In Mandarin with English subtitles
Format	DCP
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Synopsis

In this highly acclaimed new documentary, a real-life Black Mirror story, two live streamers seek fame, fortune and human connection in China’s digital idol-making universe, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE, immerses us in a technological dimension of post-reality that feels alarmingly like dystopian sci-fi landscapes imagined by authors and filmmakers of decades past.

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