People's Republic of Desire
What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?
2018•1h 35m•6.3/10
Documentary
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🎬TMDb
6.3/10(10)
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
Tripod Media, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sundance Institute
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EN
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