Ask No Questions
A former Chinese state TV insider is held in a brainwashing camp and compelled to accept the official narrative on a fiery public su***de, which he believes was a government plot.
“I have been mesmerized since I happened upon this. As close to Black Mirror as you’ll find in non-fiction, it is a topical, necessary and important film.”
- Slamdance Film Festival Programmer Jeffrey Radice
Synopsis
When Chinese state TV blames his faith for a fiery public su***de, Chen Ruichang is detained in a Clockwork Orange-style brainwashing facility and forced to accept the government’s account. But Chen, a former insider of the state TV himself, believes it was all a government plot. A CNN reporter smuggled out footage of the event that day, but was then muzzled by Beijing. Now, her eyewitness testimony helps untangle an intricate conspiracy, as Chinese authorities begin pressuring the filmmaker’s family and business associates. Ask No Questions shows the deadly power of media under authoritarian control. It also shows the remarkable power of an individual who refuses to compromise the truth.