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Yi Yeting is struggling with occupational leukemia and trying to obtain compensation from his employer. Wanting to help others, he begins working for a non-profit that assists workers with occupational illness and injuries.

He discovers there are dozens of workers in his local area who were poisoned while making smartphones. Through research in the community, he discovers a leukemia cluster in the neighborhood surrounding Apple's main supplier Foxconn. Yi's research leads him to several workers and their families trying to survive while burdened with their health care costs. Powerful forces are unleashed as he confronts local factories, putting his own safety at risk.

89 and 58 minutes
SDH Captioning for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing and English subtitles for Mandarin Chinese

Directed by Heather White, Lynn Zhang
Produced by Heather White
Writer: Christopher Seward
Editors: Lynn Zhang, Christopher Seward
Cinematographers: Sun Shaoguang, Lynn Zhang
Music: Freddie Bryant

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