Daily Worker


Documentary Short

United States/China | 2025 | Color | 10’  
In Chinese Mandarin with English Subtitles



In a dark preservation lab in New York City, international student Ting Su works to digitize archival film negatives from the Daily Worker, the union newspaper begun in Chicago in 1924.
A time capsule in reversal, the film patches together a collective and personal memory touched by the hands of daily workers.




Festivals & Screenings:



2025 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Best Mini Doc Competition
2025 True/False Film Festival
2025 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
2025 Melbourne International Film Festival
2025 Tallgrass Film Festival
2025 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
2025 Denver Film Festival
2025 Unorthodocs Shorts Program, Wexner Center for the Arts
2025 Control/Revolt, Indiana University Cinema
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival


2026 RiverRun International Film Festival
2026 UnionDocs, Portals in Between
2026 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
2026 Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival
2026 Rooftop Films Summer Series (Short Film Program)




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Year of production 2025
Length 10'
Country USA/China
Shooting Format Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.77
Dialogue Mandarin





Directed, Edited, Sound Design & Mixing by TING SU
Produced by TING SU, EDDIE YUKUN LONG
Color-grading EDDIE YUKUN LONG
Cinematography CARSON PETREE, KEXIN ZHANG
DCP JULIETTE YANYIU HO
Poster Design SIYAN WU