COMPLICIT
- Website
- Official Website
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Overview
- Genre
- Social Issues, Human Rights, Investigation, and Culture
- Synopsis
COMPLICIT’S main protagonist Yi Yeting is a former migrant worker struggling to survive occupational leukemia. He discovers a resource center that helps other workers in similar situations, poisoned by benzene and n-hexane. Deciding to work on the cases of several teenagers who worked on smartphones he brings his fight against benzene from his hospital room to Silicon Valley and the international stage. Against huge odds Yi directly confronts corporate and government interests, while empowering and inspiring the people around him. With incredible access, the film explores global brands’ social responsibly and consumers’ role, while offering an in-depth look into love, family, Chinese culture, and the people sacrificing everything to make a difference.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 90 minutes
Credits
- Bing Wang ... Additional Editor, Associate Producer
Production Details
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2017
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2017
- Festivals
- 2017 Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
- Language
- English, Mandarin
Photos
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