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Screening of Guangzhou Dream Factory Film at ISA 2018
April 4, 2018 @ 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Dr. Lina Benabdallah and Ilaria Carrozza will be chairing the screening and discussion of the film Guangzhou Dream Factory during the upcoming ISA, and the event is co-sponsored by STAIR, ENMISA, GDS, and FTGS. Please find a blurb below and details of the screening.
Screening of Guangzhou Dream Factory, followed by Q&A with Co-Producer Christiane Badgley, moderated by Lina Benabdallah and Ilaria Carrozza
7 p.m., Wednesday 4 April, Hilton Union Square, Golden Gate Room 4
About the film:
Guangzhou, aka Canton, is southern China’s centuries-old trading port. Today the booming metropolis of 14 million is a mecca of mass consumption. Every year more than half a million Africans travel to Guangzhou where they buy goods to sell back in Africa. Over time, some have chosen to stay, and for these Africans China looks like the new land of opportunity, a place where anything is possible. But is it? Featuring a dynamic cast of men and women from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, GUANGZHOU DREAM FACTORY weaves the stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism.