13 minutes to destroy your faith in the internet economy.
Livestreaming your life to a devoted audience is big business. What happens when the cameras are off?
Direction
Borenstein's fly-on-wall access feels almost illegally intimate.
Editing
13 minutes packed tighter than most 90-minute docs.
Director
David Borenstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
China's 'wanghong' economy exploded in the late 2010s, with livestreamers earning millions through virtual gifts—this doc captures the brutal bottom of that pyramid.
Borenstein originally intended a longer film but the factory shut down during production; what survives is arguably more haunting for its abruptness.
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