Made in Ethiopia

Hosted by Syed Haider

Virtual

When

Mar 19, 5:30 PM GMT

Price

Free Screening

Available in

Worldwide

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Made in Ethiopia

World Cinema Spotlights is pleased to present an online screening of Made in Ethiopia (2024), directed by Max Duncan and Xinyan Yu, accompanied by a live conversation with the scholar and curator How Wee Ng*. Dr Ng is senior lecturer at University of Westminster, specialising in cultural practices and production in the Sinosphere. He is also co-founder and board member of the Association for Curators and Programmers of Asian Cinemas (ACPAC). Selected publications include upcoming monograph The Chinese Censorship Discourse on Television Dramas (Routledge, 2026) and article “Working-class Masculinity in Postsocialist China (2024).

*The event is divided into three parts: (1) 5pm-5.25pm, Welcome and opening remarks (MS Teams Link sent via email. Please contact Dr Syed Haider, s.haider@uea.ac.uk); (2) 5.30pm, Film begins promptly via the Virtual Cinema Player (Each guest must register for a ticket via the screening event page, and they will receive a ticket confirmation email followed by a link to view the film via the Virtual Cinema Player); (3) 7pm-7.30pm, Closing remarks (via same MS Teams Link as above).

About the film

When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in industrialization tested to the limit.

Genre

Documentary

Released

2024

Director

Max Duncan, Xinyan Yu

Producer

Xinyan Yu, Tamara Dawit, Max Duncan

Executive Producer

Anna Godas, Oli Harbottle, Susan Jakes, Mehret Mandefro, Roger Graef