DocYard: Present.Perfect

Director: Shengze Zhu

Film Details: 2019, 124 minutes, DCP, B&W, sound, Mandarin Chinese & Various Chinese Regional Dialects with English subtitles

Director Shengze Zhu will attend in person for post-screening Q&A with The DocYard's Spring 2020 Guest Curator, Abby Sun 

About the Film:

Weaving together footage filmed and broadcasted by little-known Chinese live-streaming anchors, who struggle with real-life face-to-face social interaction because of their identity, disability and social-economic status, this cinematic collage explores how individuals satisfy their cravings for human connection through virtual togetherness, and how these virtual relationships challenge standard definitions of companionship.