Henrique ‘Dito’ Narciso was not alone aboard the plane to China. Many of his compatriots flew in the same direction, but only a few as far as Beijing. Almost all of them disembarked in Guangzhou. This harbour city, close to Hong Kong, was the first place where China experimented with capitalism – the communist way. It’s also a city where African traders can do business, since they are not really welcome in the rest of China.
Once in Beijing, Dito decided to return to Guangzhou. He realised that he had already found his subject on the plane. Yet he still took the chance to look around Beijing. There, he filmed the CCTV Tower designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. It has already become almost as big an attraction as the Great Wall, thereby giving useful symbols to the filmmaker for old and new China.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Angola, China
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam
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