Disney's Mulan film credits include a special thank you to the Turpan Public Security Bureau (PSB), a Uyghur region where the movie was filmed sometime after 2015, meaning likely between 2016-18, when Uyghur mass detentions were ongoing. Gives me a whole new perspective on it.
Imagine parts of a global blockbuster being filmed in the vicinity of minority villages, when gov't work teams are going door to door, asking questions, followed by mass internment by police. Global capitalist exploitation at its best. Seriously, just think about it.
Mulan desert scene, filmed in Turpan. Source: atlasofwonders.com/2020/06/mulan-… 
"When a live-action Mulan was originally announced back in 2015, it was given a November 2018 release date. The project moved a bit slower than initially expected and was pushed back a full year and a half in early 2018. " cinemablend.com/news/2461187/m…
"Major...along with set decorator Anne Kulijan and the rest of the production team, spent months in and around the northwest province of Xinjiang to do legwork research before the cameras rolled. (Chinese academics were consulted as well.)" architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-t…
