Peng Zhao, Jenny Shi, Amy Chua, Diane Quon

Yingying Zhang, like so many Chinese students before her, came to the U.S. in search of a bigger life. The 26-year-old daughter of a factory driver from southern China, Yingying moved to the Midwest for her graduate studies, dreaming of becoming a professor and providing financially for her parents back in China. Within just weeks of her arriving at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017, Yingying disappears from campus. Yingying is never to be found alive again.In the documentary Finding Yingying, Chicago-based filmmaker Jiayin “Jenny” Shi follows Yingying’s parents and boyfriend as they arrive in America to search for her.