Lengshuijiang, in the southwest of China, was once home to the world’s biggest deposit of antimony, a metal that had been mined for more than 100 years. In 2009, the Chinese government listed the city as one of a number of locations where the natural resources have now run dry. By documenting the filming of a local state-TV show, this film becomes a silent witness to troubling scenes. The images, in a distorted arrangement of time and space, attempt to demonstrate an abject past, capable only of engendering an equally unhappy future.