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Ascension

This should align with the steak knife

This should align with the steak knife

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This should align with the steak knife.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:17
Uploaded
May 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
XTR,Field of Vision,Mouth Numbing Spicy Crab,The Gotham Film & Media Institute,Chicken & Egg Films,Cinereach,Firelight Media,Sundance Institute,San Francisco Film Society,Visit Films,MTV Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
This fork is about a finger's distance from that glass. - Ascension 00:07
This fork is about a finger's distance from that glass.
27.5 plus 65 - Ascension 00:08
27.5 plus 65
Like a Swiss army knife, - Ascension 00:10
Like a Swiss army knife,
Has anyone seen the show "Down ton Abbey"? - Ascension 00:05
Has anyone seen the show "Down ton Abbey"?
It was a very popular Western show. - Ascension 00:05
It was a very popular Western show.
The new Chinese elite send their children to - Ascension 00:09
The new Chinese elite send their children to
They go abroad to shop, and have money to drive nice cars. - Ascension 00:05
They go abroad to shop, and have money to drive nice cars.
I had a student from Beijing who graduated two years ago and is now a personal assistant. - Ascension 00:07
I had a student from Beijing who graduated two years ago and...
His first daily task was to squeeze out toothpaste for his employer. - Ascension 00:04
His first daily task was to squeeze out toothpaste for his e...
He squeezed it into a cup, and it was ready to be used. - Ascension 00:05
He squeezed it into a cup, and it was ready to be used.
You may not have any time for your own life, - Ascension 00:08
You may not have any time for your own life,
You must practice the formal Western way. - Ascension 00:06
You must practice the formal Western way.
Some dishes can be stabbed. - Ascension 00:05
Some dishes can be stabbed.
You can do it that way. - Ascension 00:05
You can do it that way.
As a member of the service industry, you have to act professionally. - Ascension 00:05
As a member of the service industry, you have to act profess...
Since this is just school, - Ascension 00:13
Since this is just school,
You can't show a sour face to your employer. - Ascension 00:05
You can't show a sour face to your employer.
They are the person who pays you. - Ascension 00:05
They are the person who pays you.
No matter how he humiliates you. - Ascension 00:06
No matter how he humiliates you.
You can curse him behind his back. - Ascension 00:05
You can curse him behind his back.