Movie #1999 "?Finding YingYing" (Chicago Film Fest 2020 Virtual) This was the third movie I watched virtually with my Chicago Film Fest pass. This was a long documentary about a chinese student who went missing while attending U of I in Champaign. There is a big surprise 60 minutes in that changes the direction of the film, and made it tough to watch. The whole film proves that no matter what a good person and student you are, if you make a mistake (in her case, she got into a stranger's car --- so don't EVER do that) it could change the direction of your life. The film really didn't need to go to China to investigate the relationship between mom and dad and how it was disintegrating due to her being missing --- An interesting addition, though, to this documentary is the comparison of Chinese treatment of one who confesses to a murder and the U.S. treatment. We can't use the tactics used in China that would help the whole situation so much more. But no can do here.
I'd give this documentary 3.5 out of 5. Lots of subtitles (I was surprised because many of the people interviewed speak in English, but all her family needed translators.
"FINDING YINGYING" 98 minutes 2020
After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
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