# Going Global: Chinese Independent Documentary - Luke Robinson

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Podcast: [Gresham College Lectures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gresham-college-lectures-4610199)
Published: 2026-06-30T15:00:00+00:00
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This lecture will focus on independently produced Chinese documentary cinema as it has entered the Anglophone industry market. Using “Plastic China” by the award-winning director Wang Jiuliang as a case study, I will explore what the implications of cross-border collaborations are for documentary form and content, and how this may encourage a particular set of viewer responses. This will allow me to locate the documentary form in relation to broader liberal arguments over China’s place in the...

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