A woman in a Chinese factory is working on the face of a sex doll. The head of the doll sits on a mold and the factory worker has her hand on the top of the doll's head. Doll parts appear in the background.
Ascension
Still from Ascension
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Director

Jessica Kingdon

Ascension examines the contemporary “Chinese Dream” through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. In cinematically exploring the aspiration that drives today’s People’s Republic of China, the film plunges into universal paradoxes of economic progress.

Ascension is a participant of the 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab.

Nominee

Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards 2022

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