Next Screening
Location: Bezuidenhoutseweg 40, Den Haag
Date: April 11, 2025
When a massive Chinese industrial park lands in rural Ethiopia, a dusty farming town finds itself at the new frontier of globalization. The sprawling factory complex’s formidable Chinese director Motto now needs every bit of mettle and charm she can muster to push through a high-stakes expansion that promises 30,000 new jobs. Ethiopian farmer Workinesh and factory worker Beti have staked their futures on the prosperity the park promises. As initial hope meets painful realities, they find themselves, like their country, at a pivotal crossroads.
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.
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.
Program
18.00 Doors Open
18.15-19.30 TransitieCinema Dinner by Aregash Ethiopisch (buy an online ticket for the dinner before April 9!)
19.30 Screening "Made in Ethiopia" (free admission)
21.00 Q&A with experts
21.40 Drinks and discussion
Admission to the movie is FREE, please register with a free ticket here
Make sure to arrive on time, the doors are closed when the movie starts or the venue is at full capacity.
DINNER is optional and vegetarian; you can buy your ticket online here
The movie and event are in English
