China Remix
Price:
$295.00
Filmmaker Name:
Dorian Carli-Jones, Melissa Lefkowitz
Film Length:
29 min
Film Year:
2015
Duration:
21-45 min
Decade:
2010s
Language:
in English & Chinese
Subtitle Language:
English & Chinese subtitles
Color:
color
Closed-captioned:
closed-captioned
Region:
Asia
Subject:
Music, Dance & Theater
Sharing Discount has been applied
ABOUT
This short documentary explores China's burgeoning African entertainment industry through the lives of three African hip-hop artists. Based in the southeastern city of Guangzhou – home to China's largest community of African immigrants – the film follows the entertainers as they try to find success in the face of challenging labor and immigration laws. The film follows the entertainers as they prepare for their shows, perform, and live their daily lives with their Chinese and African family members and friends, against the backdrop of the risk of deporation and ongoing prejudice.
"[A] fascinating film. ... [W]ith the Chinese state fervently pushing investment and development in countries throughout Africa, a new set of relationships is developing. The consequences of these relationships, both within and outside China, are just beginning to be explored, [China Remix] highlights relationships on a personal level [and] is a welcomed contribution."
–Tami Blumenfield, American Anthropologist
SELECTED SCREENINGS AND FESTIVALS
Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York
African Diaspora International Film Festival, New York
Africa World Documentary Film Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
Amakula International Film Festival, Kampala, Uganda
CREDITS & INFO
China Remix
Director
Dorian Carli-Jones
Melissa Lefkowitz
Producers
Dorian Carl-Jones
Melissa Lefkowitz
Story
Melissa Lefkowitz
Cinematography
Dorian Carli-Jones
Executive Producer
Harry Rappaport
Associate Producer
Mara Carli
Michael Chenkin
Harry Greene
Rhys Jones
Juliet McIntyre
Madeline Reidy
Editor
Doria Carli-Jones
Location Sound
Dorian Carli - Jones
Melissa Lefkowitz
Sound Mix
Tyler Byrnes
Color Correction
Dorian Carli-Jones
Subtitles
Melissa Lefkowitz
Jason Hui Zhu.
RESOURCES & LINKS
Film Review
2018 Blumenfield, Tami. China Remix in American Anthropologist, 120(2): 357-8.