A cable system designed by controversial Chinese company Huawei Technologies enables communication between an expert and a machine. Time succumbs to space in a "New Cold War" played out in technological materials.
Cablestreet is of 0 hour(s) and 19 minute(s). It is Produced By: Field of Vision. It was released on 2019-06-03.
Genres: Documentary
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