 Alexis VictorSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| SSean RobertsSelf - Anthropologist | Self - Anthropologist |
| XXia MingSelf - Political Scientist | Self - Political Scientist |
| SShen DingliSelf - Political Scientist | Self - Political Scientist |
| CChristopher BuckleySelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| SShohret HoshurSelf - Uighur Journalist | Self - Uighur Journalist |
| AAdrian ZenzSelf - Anthropologist | Self - Anthropologist |
| OOlsi JazexhiSelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| KKelbinur SidiqSelf - Uzbek Refugee | Self - Uzbek Refugee |
| OOmir BekaliSelf - Kazakh Refugee | Self - Kazakh Refugee |
| TTursunay ZiyawudunSelf - Uighur Refugee | Self - Uighur Refugee |
| SSophie RichardsonSelf - Human Rights Activist | Self - Human Rights Activist |
| JJames LeiboldSelf - Researcher | Self - Researcher |
| JJames MillwardSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
| TTumaris YalkunSelf - Uighur Student | Self - Uighur Student |
| WWu QiangSelf - Analyst | Self - Analyst |
| HHu AngangSelf - Economist | Self - Economist |
| AAbdurehim GheniSelf - Uighur Activist | Self - Uighur Activist |
| JJean-Maurice RipertSelf - Diplomat | Self - Diplomat |
 Joe BidenSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Xi JinpingSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| GGay Johnson McDougallSelf - Lawyer (archive footage) | Self - Lawyer (archive footage) |
| SSattar SawutSelf - Uighur Official (archive footage) | Self - Uighur Official (archive footage) |
 Mao ZedongSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| KKurban TulumSelf - Uighur Farmer (archive footage) | Self - Uighur Farmer (archive footage) |
 Deng XiaopingSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 George W. BushSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| CChen QuanguoSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
