Ascension Movie Updates

Fri., Oct. 1, 2021

• changed the movie production status to Completed
• added a photo to the photo gallery
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• added a poster to the photo gallery
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• added a synopsis

• Mesmerizing in its imagery and shot in 51 locations across the country, ‘Ascension’ is a cinematic exploration of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consum... show all erism and wealth. The film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure: workers running factory production, the middle class 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.

• added photos to the photos gallery
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• changed the US film release date from TBA to October 8, 2021
• set film release to Limited
• added a synopsis
• Documents the economic growth of China and the class divides that have resulted.
• added MTV Documentary Films as a distributor
• added Jessica Kingdon as director to movie credits
• added documentary as a genre
• changed the movie production status to Post-Production
• created the movie page