In Workingampamp10the System Motion Picture Filmmakers and Subjectivities in MaoEra Chinaampamp1019491966 Qiliang He inquires into the making of the new citizenry inampamp10Maoera China 1949ampamp82111976 by studying five preeminent Shanghaibasedampamp10filmmakers. These case studies shed light on how individuals subjectivitiesampamp10took shape in the cinematic arena under a new sociopolitical system after 1949.ampamp10He suggests that a filmmakerampamp8217s subjectivity was not fixed or stable butampamp10constantly in flux requiring a host of subjectivizing practices to reshapeampamp10and consolidate it. These filmmakers endeavored to reap maximal benefits fromampamp10Maoampamp8217s sociopolitical system and minimize the disadvantages that would make themampamp10victims under the system.