'' Dead Souls '' is a 2018 documentary film directed by Wang Bing and documents the testimony of survivors of the hard-labor camp in the Gobi Desert in Gansu , China . Shot from 2005 to 2017 , the film covers most of China 's provinces with visits to more than 120 survivors of the Jiabiangou and Mingshui re-education camps set up by China 's Communist regime in the late 1950s . It made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
2018 Cannes Film Festival
2018 Cannes Film Festival
Dead Souls (2018 film)