I'M NEW HERE

By Bram VAN PAESSCHEN

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Documentary - Completed 2018

China is the new Eldorado for African migrants, between dreams of a better life and harsh reality.

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, SWAHILI, CANTONESE
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bram VAN PAESSCHEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Bart VAN LANGENDONCK (SAVAGE FILM)
    • Synopsis
    • Guangzhou, China. A building erected in the communist style of the eighties: Tian Xiu. Since many years this is the Eldorado for African migrants who massively try their luck in this city. ‘I’m New Here’ sketches a unique look behind the scenes of a new economic relationship between the African continent and the superpower China through some of the people that populate Tian Xiu.