10 Best Documentaries of 2021, From ‘Summer of Soul’ to ‘Procession’ (Photos)
Ascension”: Without narration or talking heads, but with an aesthetically keen eye for place, detail, and atmosphere, Jessica Kingdon charts China’s exploding capitalist might through observed vignettes in churning factories, training centers for an aspiring middle class, and, lastly, elite playgrounds of the wealthy. A visually arresting journey up a consumer-economy ladder of increasingly distant rungs, Kingdon wittily, starkly lays bare the growing divide between toilers and enjoyers.9.