Official Trailer for ‘Total Trust’ Doc About Surveillance Tech in China

“There are special residents we can keep an eye on.” Film Movement has unveiled an official US trailer for a documentary film from China called Total Trust, a fascinating and scary inside look at China’s surveillance programs. It’s set for a US release this December during the awards season. You’ve probably heard about it in the news already, about China’s freaky social currency + monitoring programs, with points-based systems to keep people in line. For two decades, China has implemented cutting-edge security and surveillance to monitor its citizens. Total Trust is a documentary about surveillance technology and censorship that follows the stories of people in China who have been monitored and tracked. A warning for democracies, it sounds an alarm about the increasing worldwide use of surveillance tools. In the film, two families fight for justice from within the digital prison of the Chinese surveillance state. An important cautionary tale & harrowing look at what can happen anywhere in the world if governments, and citizens, don’t stop it first. Take a look. // Continue Reading ›