Pick of the Day: “Finding Yingying”

A loving portrait of a young woman robbed of her bright future, “Finding Yingying” also serves as an indictment of the true crime genre, which all too often treats victims of violent crimes as little more than anonymous supporting characters in their killer’s story. First-time director Jiayan “Jenny” Shi puts Yingying Zhang and her family…

A loving portrait of a young woman robbed of her bright future, “Finding Yingying” also serves as an indictment of the true crime genre, which all too often treats victims of violent crimes as little more than anonymous supporting characters in their killer’s story. First-time director Jiayan “Jenny” Shi puts Yingying Zhang and her family…