Commodity City

Commodity City

2017 · 10 min · ★ 4.5

Commodity City is an observational documentary exploring the daily lives of vendors who work in the largest wholesale consumer market in the world: the Yiwu Markets in China. The film explores moments of tension between commerce and individuality, between the goods for sale and the humans who sell them.

Directed by Jessica Kingdon

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