"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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Canada 28 April 2018
Switzerland 27 September 2018
Estonia 02 February 2019
Finland 31 January 2019
France 19 February 2020
Hong Kong 13 November 2018
New Zealand 12 May 2018
Poland 14 July 2018
Russia 07 April 2019
Sweden 09 November 2018
United States 30 November 2018
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