Film

Eyes of the Machine

2025 · 1h 16m · Documentary

One woman's battle against China's surveillance state.

IMDb

5.3

Should she ever see her husband and family again, she would ask them for forgiveness, says Kalbinur Sidik with sorrow in her eyes. The price she has paid for speaking the truth about China's persecution of the Uyghurs in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) is immense. But she cannot remain silent. As a woman of Uzbek heritage who grew up in the Uyghur community, she has seen with her own eyes the methods used by the Chinese state to extirpate the Uyghur population. Her recollections of dehumanizing internment camps are interwoven with monotonous state propaganda describing "training centers" where extremist ideas are "eradicated." State control extends into the private realm too, through a program obligating families to host party members at home.

• Daya CahenDirector · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor

Release date

November 17, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Dutch

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Documentary