Guangzhou dream factory
Christiane Badgley (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Narrator, Editor of moving image work), Erica Marcus (Film producer), James M. Costello, Sewor Okudzeto, Raymar Educational Films (Production company)
Immigration, globalization, Chinese factories and African dreams ... This documentary weaves stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, "Made in China" dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism. Guangzhou(Canton) is southern China's centuries-old trading port. Today it's a booming metropolis -- the Mecca of mass consumption -- attracting more than half a million African traders each year. Over time, some of these Africans have chosen to stay, and to them China looks like the new land of opportunity, a place where anything is possible. But is it? Guangzhou Dream Factory, following a filmmaker's journey from Ghana to China and back to Africa, gives viewers a rare glimpse of African aspirations while also providing fresh, new perspectives on China and African economic development
Online Video, English, 2017
Kanopy Streaming, [San Francisco, California, USA], 2017