A conversation on Working the System: Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949-1966 between author Qiliang He (PhD ‘06) of the Department of History at Hong Kong Shue Yan University and Jason McGrath, professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. This event took place July 12, 2023 as part of a series of virtual History Book Club gatherings hosted by the University of Minnesota History Department.