
Hosted by Syed Haider
Virtual
When
Mar 19, 5:30 PM GMT
Price
Free Screening
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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