When China Met Africa

2010

Adventure / Documentary / Family / News

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83%
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 123 123

black gold

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Plot summary

A cinematic feature documentary about China's foray into Africa told through the lives of Chinese adventurers & Zambian power brokers as they negotiate the tricky waters of this rapidly expanding and vital relationship.

Director

Marc J. Francis Photo
Marc J. Francis

Top cast

Li Jianguo Photo
Li Jianguo as Self
Changming Liu Photo
Changming Liu as Self
Felix Mutati Photo
Felix Mutati as Self
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
688.31 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
TV-14
us  
25 fps
1 hr 14 min
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1.25 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
TV-14
us  
25 fps
1 hr 14 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Mike M 6 / 10

Remains scrupulously neutral, unwilling to editorialise on whether

Remains scrupulously neutral, unwilling to editorialise on whether this neo-colonialism is entirely good or bad, and - if it isn't - whether you or I have any power to stop it; it secures access to high-level meetings seemingly just to reinforce the idea we don't usually get access to high-level meetings. The results are interesting - affording us the sensation of eavesdropping on trade talk, getting the skinny on how our planet will be shaped in the coming decades - but somewhat limited in its aims and impact, particularly when set against 2009's extraordinary "Last Train Home", a more human and expansive depiction of the heightened Chinese work ethic. By way of compensation, the Francises carry over from "Black Gold" their acute visual sense, contrasting underdeveloped African outposts with the futuristic metropoli where the brokers and moneymen negotiate the fate of millions, and - in both locations - making much of the posters, murals and banners that seek to impose Asian business ideals on their immediate surroundings. As one Zambian exec states, the writing is, in every sense, on the wall. This would appear China's world now; the rest of us are merely living in it.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

This is fascinating to watch - to me

This is fascinating to watch - to me, it feels like a new China in a new Africa. Feels like a world away from what I knew.
Reviewed by dannyalanshore 6 / 10

first hand material , but without an global view

i like to see some real Chinese people who are working in Africa, how they do business with the local people. how the local people react to them(they don't feel being trusted). you can see all of this, with the chinglish throughout the film when the Chinese try to communicate with the local people and how the local people speaking their own language to gossip of their boss.you can also see how China is engaged in all of this, there are president of Zambia and Minister of Commerce of China showing up.but this film is confined to one country(Zambia) and two people only, one Chinese Farmer and one Chinese project manager, really can't call it when China meet Africa, for this i don't think it is a great film.
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