Ask No Questions
Numéro de catalogue: LSD166
Producteur: Lofty Sky Distribution
Agences de production: Lofty Sky Pictures Inc.
Sujet: Documentaire, Droit criminel, Études mondiales, Études mondiales canadiennes, Événements actuels, Médias et communications, Médias sociaux, Politique, Problèmes sociaux, Sciences sociales
Langue: Anglais
Niveau scolaire: 9 - 12, Post-secondaire, Adulte
Pays d'origine: Canada
Année du droit d’auteur: 2020
Durée: 52:00
When Chinese state TV blames his faith for a fiery public suicide, Chen Ruichang is detained in a Clockwork Orange-style brainwashing facility and forced to accept the government’s account. But Chen, a former insider of the state TV himself, believes it was all a government plot. A CNN reporter smuggled out footage of the event that day, but was then muzzled by Beijing. Now, her eyewitness testimony helps untangle an intricate conspiracy, as Chinese authorities begin pressuring the filmmaker’s family and business associates. Ask No Questions shows the deadly power of media under authoritarian control. It also shows the remarkable power of an individual who refuses to compromise the truth.
“I have been mesmerized since I happened upon this. As close to Black Mirror as you’ll find in non-fiction, it is a topical, necessary and important film.” - SLAMDANCE PROGRAMMER JEFFREY RADICE
“It shows the terrifying height of ‘fake news’ and presents a lot of difficult but timely questions about media, governmental authority, censorship, and freedom of the press.” - ROCKETMINER.COM
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