People's Republic of Desire (2018)

What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?

In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.

Production

ITVS · JustFilms / Ford Foundation · Tripod Media · Sundance Institute · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Tribeca Film Institute