Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. is not the only country with growing income inequality. The same is true of China, a phenomenon explored in the ...

"Work faster! No more chit-chat or I will sell you off!" MTV Documentary Films has released an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Ascension, which first premiered at the 2021 Tribeca ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In just a few days the Winter Olympic Games begin in Beijing, a massive event China will use to present an idealized image of ...

Jessica Kingdon's documentary doesn't take a side in its look at China's global impact. That's the secret to its success. As Jessica Kingdon made eight trips to China to shoot her first feature ...

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An instant classic, Jennifer Kingdon's remarkable essay film offers a window into a nation's soul, observing the Chinese Dream from the bottom up. No matter what your image of modern China, it’s ...

MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to “Ascension (登楼叹),” Jessica Kingdon’s observational portrait of the economic growth of China, as well as the class divides that this expansion has ...

An evocation of the so-called “Chinese Dream,” Jessica Kingdon’s observational documentary “Ascension” serves up a clockwork array of industrial imagery that mesmerizes as it also surprises and ...

Jessica Kingdon takes the title of her debut feature documentary, “Ascension,” from a poem her great-grandfather wrote in 1912 about the downfall of the Qing dynasty. Kingdon’s film also contemplates ...

In just a few days the Winter Olympic Games begin in Beijing, a massive event China will use to present an idealized image of itself to the world. For a truer picture of China, in all its complexities ...

The U.S. is not the only country with growing income inequality. The same is true of China, a phenomenon explored in the Oscar-nominated feature documentary Ascension, from MTV Documentary Films.