A highly watchable compendium of live streaming videos from China. At their most rudimentary, these black-and-white shorts are reminiscent of the first films made by the Lumiere Brothers: one camera in a fixed position focusing on one object, in this case a tower crane transporting equipment from one place to another. Anchors, as they are called, broadcast for a myriad of reasons ranging from crowd funding — a man desires money to build an ECO-friendly farm — to electronic panhandling — a cigarette smoking burn victim asks that you look upon him as God — to dancing under the stars, so long as there’s not a rent-a-cop around to put an end to the merriment. Before it’s over you’ll become well-acquainted with several of the self-made celebrities. (2019) — Scott Marks
This movie is not currently in theaters.