Total Trust

About Total Trust

By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling state and lends a voice to those that stand in resilient defiance of such blatant abuse of power.

Total Trust is a 2023 documentary film directed by Zhang Jialing. It runs 97 minutes and was released in March 2023.

Its themes are trauma, china, surveillance, and observational documentary.

Zijuan Chen appears as Self, Tutu as Self, Wenzu Li as Self, and Quanzhang Wang as Self. The screenplay is by Zhang Jialing. American members can watch it on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel.

The Monopoly of Violence, Citizenfour, and Risk make useful companions to Total Trust, all filed under interview, political documentary, and political repression.