Love Born of Chopsticks
Ndolo seka Chopsticks
An allegorical story about a Chinese peasant girl Chûn Meí who dreams of distant journeys outside the country, and the African Tim Chia, a filmmaker on his first trip to China. They meet in a comic and romantic story and therefore represent the often far-from-romantic encounter between two cultures.
Few Africans have learnt to eat with chopsticks, providing a subject for humour and satire. Though such minor everyday things, the filmmaker makes it clear just how commonplace the major differences are.
Of the seven African filmmakers who went to China for the project Raiding Africa, Ancestor (the artist/hip-hop name of the director here) was the last. That was not his choice, but due to an enormous battle with bureaucracy for a visa. One of the consequences was that he had to film in China during the winter. He didn’t complain about this, perhaps with the contrasts he was looking for further heightened.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Cameroon, China
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 40"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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