A teenager that grows up in a Chinese orphanage in Malawi is torn between the African tradition of his ancestors and his school’s Confucian teaching: He will soon have to decide whether he’ll go to college in Taiwan or pursue his dreams and study martial arts. The intimate portrait of a young man who struggles to find his identity beyond the obtrusions of culture, religion or geography, turns into a mirror of new colonial practices.
Buddha in Africa
Buddha in Africa
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- Direction: Nicole Schafer
- Script: Nicole Schafer
- Cinematography: Nicole Schafer
- Editing: Bernhard Winkler, Mary Stephen, Catherine Meyburgh, Nicole Schafer, Emily Bussac
- Sound: Ted Krotkiewski
- Production: Thinking Strings Media
- Producers: Nicole Schafer
- Co-production: Momento Film
- Co-producers: David Herdies
- Executive producer: Don Edkins
- Camera: Peter Heaney, Peter Mazunda
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: South Africa, Sweden
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 90΄
- Contact: CAT&Docs, info@catndocs.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Youth Jury, Media Bridge Award for Best Documentary Feature – Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2019
Nicole Schafer
Filmography
2019 Buddha in Africa
