More than twice the size of the Mall of America, the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, seems to have it all: gondolas, carnival rides, palm trees, Teletubbies. Conspicuously missing, however, are the bustling tenants and hordes of shoppers. Promo pieces promised a “one-stop consumption center,” but what mall developers now have is nearly seven million square feet of empty retail space. Buoyed by a mellow yet optimistic techno-pop soundtrack, this short film takes us on a tour of this failed monument to consumerism—down its empty escalators and lonely corridors, pausing to speak with the store clerks, maintenance workers, and occasional customers who are keeping the dream alive.  SB