Film screening and conversation with directors: Made in Ethiopia

Please join us for a film screening of Made in Ethiopia (2024) and conversation with the directors, Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan. It will be followed by a light reception. Co-sponsored by the InterAsia Initiative, Program in Agrarian Studies, and the Council on African Studies. Please direct questions about the event to inter.asia@yale.edu.

Filmed over four years with singular access, Made in Ethiopia lifts the curtain on China’s historic but misunderstood impact on Africa, and explores contemporary Ethiopia at a moment of profound crisis. The film throws audiences into two colliding worlds: an industrial juggernaut fueled by profit and progress, and a vanishing countryside where life is still measured by the cycle of the seasons. Its nuance, complexity and multi-perspective approach go beyond black-and-white narratives of victims and villains. As the three women’s stories unfold, Made in Ethiopia challenges us to rethink the relationship between tradition and modernity, growth and welfare, the development of a country and the well being of its people.

For more on the film, please see:

Website: madeinethiopiafilm.com
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUBm1FZ_ro4