Guangzhou Dream Factory Discussion with Filmmakers Christiane Badgley and Erica Marcus
February 19 (Friday), 2021, 3 pm - 4 pm (ET)
Register here to join the discussion: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqde2qrzIjHNHf41LCGmbsGM1oR1UW-XfC
Guangzhou Dream Factory (2016) weaves stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a provocative critique of 21st century global capitalism. Featuring a dynamic cast of men and women from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, Guangzhou Dream Factory provides a rare glimpse of African aspirations in an age of endless outsourcing. Watch a film trailer here: https://vimeo.com/197863673.
Christiane Badgley is a director and editor of award-winning documentaries and multimedia work. Christiane began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area where she was a frequent collaborator of acclaimed African American director, Marlon Riggs (she worked with him until his death in 1994, completing his last film, Black Is...Black Ain’t, posthumously). Christiane first worked in Ghana more than 25 years ago and has continued working on film, print and multi-media projects in Africa, and with prominent African directors since that time.
Erica Marcus was one of the first Americans to study and work in China after normalization of relations between the United States and China (1979). She began her film career in the early 1980s working in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she assisted the Cannes award winning filmmaker Hu Jin Quan (胡 金铨 or King Hu). Erica has since produced documentary films that have screened at numerous festivals including Sundance, Berlin and Locarno. Her work has been broadcast on PBS and European TV networks.
Discussants:
- Tristan Ivory, Assistant Professor at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Tao Leigh Goffe, Assistant Professor at Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Moderator: Kun Huang, PhD candidate in , officer of East Asia Program Graduate Student Steering Committee (EAP-GSSC).
This event is hosted by the East Asia Program Graduate Student Steering Committee (EAP-GSSC).
Participants are encouraged to watch the full documentary (65 min) shortly before the discussion.
How to view the film:
Cornell students, faculty, and staff and those with library access to Kanopy may view the film here: https://cornell.kanopy.com/video/guangzhou-dream-factory.
A time-limited screening link will be made available one week in advance to other community members who have registered for the event.
All participants need to register to receive the Zoom link for the discussion with the filmmakers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Register here to join the discussion: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqde2qrzIjHNHf41LCGmbsGM1oR1UW-XfC.
Please submit any questions to eap@cornell.edu.
