For seven years, acclaimed Chinese-American director Nanfu Wang documents the journey of Rosa María Payá, the daughter of Oswaldo Payá, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, as she battles for democratic reform in Cuba. Wang’s film intertwines Rosa’s story with her own insightful reflections on her upbringing in China and her perceptions of the declining democratic principles in the United States, highlighting disturbing parallels to the authoritarian regime she once escaped.