"What Will You Find If You Pin All Your Hopes Online?" 30 November 2018 Factual 95 mins
In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.
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France 19 February 2020
New Zealand 12 May 2018
Poland 14 July 2018
Russia 07 April 2019
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United States 30 November 2018
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