Who am I? This simple question was the catalyst for Kiki Tianqi Yu’s first book. Compelled to reflect on her own subjectivity while working as a researcher for a BBC-commissioned documentary about China’s modernisation, Yu responded by turning to the problem of how contemporary Chinese filmmakers have documented their own “I” on camera. Self-inscription, or including oneself at the centre of one’s film, has been common amongst Western filmmakers and artists since the 1960s. Yu notes in her intr..