Synopsis

Jewher, a Uyghur teen from China with no English, lands in the US after she is violently separated from her father at the Beijing airport as he is detained. Abduweli, a linguist and poet imprisoned and tortured for teaching Uyghur language, makes his way to Istanbul. Testimony and action from survivors of China’s “re-education camps" and their families, in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Europe and the United States, infuse All Static & Noise with an urgency that exposes the mass brutality of state-sponsored oppression in Western China.  All Static & Noise honors those willing to speak out and poses haunting but imperative questions for our interdependent world. 

Director David Novack brings together collaborators from around the world in a film, born of tragedy and infused with an inspired sense of hope, that reminds us in the darkest of times, the human spirit shines brightest in the company of others.

Post Screening Discussion with Director David Novack, Protagonists Mihrigul Mosa and Mesude Weli, and Safeguard Defender Director Peter Dahlin

Spoken Languages:  Uyghur, Chinese, English    

Subtitles: Portuguese & English