Guangzhou Dream Factory

FAIN: TW-50290-13

Raymar Educational Films, Inc. (Oakland, CA 94609-2942)
Erica Marcus (Project Director: June 2012 to October 2025)

Production of a one-hour documentary film examining the African community taking root in Guangzhou, China, and the resulting tensions and cross-cultural exchange.

Guangzhou Dream Factory is an hour-long documentary portrait of the flourishing African community of Guangzhou, southern China's bustling commercial center. The documentary, designed for a wide, general audience, will be produced in HD for U.S. television, international broadcasters, film festivals, classroom, and home-video use. Guangzhou's burgeoning African community is one of the most interesting yet least examined manifestations of the growing ties between China and Africa.The ancestral homeland of many Chinese-Americans, Guangzhou was long associated with exodus. Today, however, the world is changing: Guangzhou is increasingly a migration destination, with Africans accounting for a significant percentage of the city's new immigrants. Following the compelling stories of Africans pursuing their dreams in a new land of opportunity, Guangzhou Dream Factory provides a window into life in China's African Diaspora.

Associated Products

Guangzhou Dream Factory (Web Resource)
Title: Guangzhou Dream Factory
Author: Erica Marcus
Author: Christiane Badgley
Abstract: Guangzhou Dream Factory weaves the stories of entrepreneurs from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a compelling critique of 21st century global capitalism. Following a filmmaker’s journey from Ghana to China and back to Africa, Guangzhou Dream Factory provides a rare glimpse of global African aspirations.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: https://gzdreamfactory.com
Primary URL Description: Website for the documentary film, Guangzhou Dream Factory.

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