Stay tuned following the feature for an exclusive pre-recorded Q&amp;A with director Jessica Kingdon and producer Nathan Truesdell, moderated by John Wilson.

ASCENSION is an impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. The documentary portrays capitalism in China across the levels of its operation, from the crudest mine to the most rarefied forms of leisure. Accordingly, the film is structured in three parts, ascending through the levels of the capitalist structure: workers running factory production, the middle class training for and selling to aspirational consumers, and the elites reveling in a new level of hedonistic enjoyment. In traveling up the rungs of China’s social ladder, we see how each level supports and makes possible the next while recognizing the contemporary "Chinese Dream" remains an elusive fantasy for most.

ASCENSION

Immediately after the film, watch our exclusive interview with ASCENSION director Jessica Kingdon, moderated by John Wilson.

Q&A with ASCENSION Director Jessica Kingdon

Immediately after the film, watch our exclusive interview with ASCENSION director Jessica Kingdon, moderated by John Wilson.

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ASCENSION & Q&A with ASCENSION Director Jessica Kingdon

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