Workers Unite Film Festival 2021

'Complicit' - Sponsored by the NYS PEF Women's Committee

Expired October 14, 2021 1:00 AM
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FEATURE + SHORT: This screening contains the 89 min feature film Complicit, and the 13 min short The Last Cut.

Filmed below the radar in China and sparking a global campaign with the release of its first trailer, Complicit tells the story of Chinese migrant worker Yi Yeting and his effort to eliminate life-threatening benzene from workplaces producing smartphones.


While struggling with occupational leukemia, he discovers many others have also been poisoned at tech factories in the Pearl River Delta. Seeking justice, Yi travels from his hospital room where he helps other workers to Silicon Valley and the international stage. Against huge odds, he directly confronts corporate and government interests, while empowering and inspiring the people around him.


With unparalleled access and intimate portraits of the workers behind our devices, Complicit is about family, the challenges faced by everyday Chinese citizens, and the young workers sacrificing everything to make the devices we cannot live without.


http://www.complicitfilm.org/

  • Year
    2017
  • Runtime
    89 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    China
  • Director
    Heather White, Lynn Zhang
  • Cinematographer
    Sun Shaoguang
  • Editor
    Christopher Seward