Extraordinary Aliens
2026, English. Directed by Yining Chi.
This feature-length documentary film, Extraordinary Aliens, started from a personal attempt to document a specific context—people who have migrated from China to the U.S. for higher education in arts and lingered in NYC as art makers and workers. It followed the lives of four artist friends: Lu Zhang, Xingze Li, Yulin Gu, Yushu Wang—how they make work, how they make money, what they eat, where they find home. And then it grew into broader stories about why and how we stay, or not stay; why and how we make art, or are not able to; about transformation from privileged students to constrained laborers; about being queer, about what kinship means to us when being away from home and the way money and care weaves through; about memory and emotions, vulnerability and interdependence; and last but not least, about making home meals together and sharing recipes.
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- 1h 10m
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- English
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- 2 October 2026
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Extraordinary Aliens runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Extraordinary Aliens isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 October 2026. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Extraordinary Aliens, try Come See Me in the Good Light, My Mom Jayne, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction.
Who directed Extraordinary Aliens?
Extraordinary Aliens (2026) was directed by Yining Chi and stars Lu Zhang, Xingze Li, Yulin Gu.