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Chasing Dreams from Africa to China: Guangzhou Dream Factory Discussion

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"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. Filmmaker Christiane Badgley along with faculty Tristan Ivory and Tao Leigh Goffe moderated by grad student Kun Huang discussed the film with audience members.

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Discussants: Tristan Ivory, Assistant Professor at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR); Tao Leigh Goffe, Assistant Professor at Africana Studies and Research Center and Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. This event was hosted by the East Asia Program Graduate Student Steering Committee (GSSC) and co-hosted by the Afro-Asia Group. Kun Huang, a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature, and GSSC officer moderated. The co-producer / director of the film, Erica Markus was unable to participate. Cornell Cinema also co-sponsored this event as part of their Migrations Stories film series in conjunction with Global Cornell's Global Grand Challenges Migrations Initiative.

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East Asia Program Einaudi Center for International Studies Migrations Studies at Cornell Cornell Cinema

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2021-02-24

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African migrants China; Contemporary China; Global capitalism; Guanzhou; outsourcing; migrant labor; labor rights

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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