Total Trust

Since the 2000s, the Chinese government has been using "smart technology" to create an increasingly monitored and closely controlled society. A grid-based system has been rolled out nationwide to collect data for the "management" of social disruptions at the grassroots level. Various programs are being tested to determine the trustworthiness of each citizen. “Total Trust” is a deeply unsettling and moving film about the eerie power of big data and AI, their use and abuse in private life, and censorship and self-censorship. Through the harrowing stories of people in China who have been monitored, intimidated, and even tortured, “Total Trust” explores the dangers of today’s technologies when their power goes unchecked.