| Description |
1 online resource (65 min.) |
| Summary |
This film depicts the journey of a Mexican, Roberto, resident in China. On his way to renew his visa, Roberto meets an African at a railway station between China and Hong Kong. "Why is an African in China?"#x9D; soon changes into a reflexive inquiry: "Why is a Mexican in China?"#x9D; Roberto explores the African residents' community in China and finds many new friends. The film is thus multi- and trans-national, with a Korean director filming the process as a Mexican resident in China explores its African community. Drifting City is full of non-spatial images like railroad platforms, shopping malls, markets, urban buildings that keep floating among inter-spaces. Meanwhile, Roberto's first-person narration about his own experiences intersect with his image as he leads the camera around as if he were a local guide. With Roberto, guiding foreigners among tourists and natives, the film is autobiographical and essay-like, but also looks and feels expository in its crossing and merging views of first- and third-person, living or floating in the inter-spaces |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed August 16, 2016) |
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In English and Chinese with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Expatriation -- China
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Mexicans -- China
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Africans -- China
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Africans.
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Expatriation.
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Mexicans.
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Travel.
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China -- Description and travel.
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China.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Jeong, Kim, director
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822 Film, production company
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