How to tell the story of China and Africa in the new situation
November 11, 2021 09:30 Source: "China Social Sciences", November 11, 2021, Issue 2285, Issue 2285

In the current international communication competition,As a unique cultural communication medium,Documentary undertakes the image of the country、Tell Chinese stories and other functions。As a milestone of China's "railway diplomacy",The Tanzan Railway should be one of the core contents of telling Africa in Africa.。The "Return to Tanzan Railway" camera team is based on the above -mentioned ideas to launch shooting and dissemination,and get a good international communication effect,Realized "African Production" and "African Communication" in parallel。

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The Tanzan Railway was Chairman Mao Zedong in the 1960s and 1970s、The largest foreign aid project led by Premier Zhou Enlai,China at that time was still in a difficult period,But because of the morality of the third world unity,dispatched 50,000 Chinese railway workers to Africa,Live 6 years of construction completed this full 1860.5 kilometers、Traffic arteries throughout East Africa and South Africa,It has been regarded as a monument to China -Africa relations since its completion。The late famous cross talk actor Ma Ji has performed the comic dialogue "Friendship",Classic memory of becoming the old generation。

Our generation of people's awareness of the Tanzan Railway mostly comes from the historical classroom of primary and secondary schools。After becoming a teacher,I started to ask in the classroom to ask more and younger students from different majors,What shocked me is that dozens of people's classrooms usually have someone who has heard of the Tanzan Railway。I am still inform,Primary and secondary school textbooks and China Railway Museums have no content of Tanzan Railway。This is still in China,Not to mention abroad。The first day of filming of "Return to Tanzan Railway" at the Dharsaram Railway Station,We encounter a group of young Germans who are waiting for cars。Bet365 app download Union Director Niels asked with them: "Do you know which country was built by the Tanzan Railway?" The other party actually replied: "Germany。"When Niels told them that this railway was repaired by China,The opponent heard the surprise。

1972 The "Tanzan Railway in the Construction" produced by the Central News Record Film Studio,is the earliest documentary about the Tanzan Railway。Although it has irreplaceable literature value,But it can not help with a strong era of the times,The narrative of its image is obviously as the audience of the 21st century,Especially the aesthetic psychology and appreciation habits of the younger generation have a certain distance。and BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) documentary "African Railway,2010) Although shot in the 21st century,Methods are easy to be accepted,But the same as most Western film and television works,Strike Sino -African Cooperation,As always advocated "Chinese New Colonialism",It seems not a documentary,but ideological politics film,More importantly, the lack of the basic objective and fair principles of documentary people。BBC's documentary "The Chinese Are Coming,2011),It even shows the bias of the British Empire, which was once in Africa, and even discredited China。

As an educator and documentary person engaged in African research,What do I often feel that I should do -to effectively refute the prejudice of Western media,In order to prevent the historical history of the earth, it was slowly covered by the dust of time。

Before the documentary was officially filmed,I have already had two experiences of "Retry the Tanzan Railway" twice。The first time was in July 2016. During my investigation in Tanzania,Mr. Wang Xiaoming translated in Swashili in the later period of Tanzan Railway Construction returned to Tanzan Railway after many years,Invite me to travel along the way。We rented a car from Damasaham to Mobia,We stopped when we met a station along the way。Teacher Wang explained along the way、Memories all the way,I took a small camera all the way to shoot all the way,What I see along the way、The bet365 live casino games changes in the social environment of the lip listening to the ears、The living changes of the people at the bottom,It is precisely the BBC never mentioned。After we arrived at Construction,Visit the Tanzan Railway Rail Pillow Factory,It is still constantly producing the pillow required by the Tanzan Railway。Construction is far away,Scarce supplies,Only three Chinese masters who are over 60 years old are insisting on。But,When they appear in the local village,Everyone calls them enthusiastically: "Rafiki! Rafiki!" (Friends! Friends!)、The most authentic fusion touched,I can't record these moved moments with multiple cameras on the spot。The second is the summer vacation of 2017,I return to Tanzania,Participate in the second China Film and Television Cooperation Forum of the Sangu Balt International Film Festival and the global premiere of "I am from Africa"。After the event is over,A few painters and my friends walk again for the Tanzan Railway。They paint on the spot along the railway,and I continue to collect materials,Especially the lifelike stories of staff and residents along the railway。Gradually,I started to have a little grasp of the production of the Tanzan Railway documentary。

Long -term preparation,At the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania、Tanzania Information Culture and Sports Department、The strong support of many institutions such as the General Administration of Tanzan Railway Management,"Return to the Tanzan Railway" documentary officially opened in December 2017,The idea of ​​telling the Tanzan railway people has finally become a reality。

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In the context of global media culture,Facing the topic settings of the old Western media such as BBC,Relying on the words and communication of any team of the Chinese or an African side cannot compete with it,Therefore, in the creative planning stage,We will consider taking it、non -、European three scholars shoot together、The mode of cooperation,Invite from China、Film and television scholars and experts from Africa and European universities bet365 Play online games formed a multinational team,Show a comprehensive and fair China -Africa relations to the world from a diverse international perspective,so that all parties can accept,Reduce suspicion。

Dr. Niels Hahn, a scholar of the University of Asia and Africa, the University of London, who is committed to studying the Tanzan Railway,Agree with the meaning of us to re -take and record the meaning of the Tanzan Railway,I am happy to join our team。He is both the co -director of the film,It's a reporter from the film again,The lens of our camera team follows his perspective to complete the African journey,He led the audience to walk Africa,Interview with the Tanzan Railway Cerebrate、People along the line,China -Africa relations with information full of information and emotions brings audiences。

The camera team carried out more than 1 month of camera work in Tanzania and Zambia,interviewed Ms. Mary, Madam, Mrs. Maria, the wife of the founding President of Tanzania、Former Cartian such as Tanzania and other historical calendar,Collect a lot of precious historical materials。As a documentary with historical projects,"Return to the Tanzan Railway" is beyond the traditional narrative,Using the current popular small people narrative: On the one hand, dozens of stations and villages along the railway interviews ordinary residents,recorded the true status quo of the Tanzan Railway; on the other hand, the entire scenery of the Tanzan Railway was filmed、Animals、Folklore、Rites and other vivid pictures; in addition, an interview with the Chinese Embassy related to the Tanzan Railway、Confucius Institute、Railway Chinese expert group、Cemetery Manager and other Chinese personnel,Real records、Tan、The touching past of the people of the Three Kingdoms and the typical story of win -win cooperation between China and Africa in the new period。

At the beginning of the film creation of "Return to Tanzan Railway",When the host Niels takes a train to Yangbo Station,We took his self -introduction。Nels told the audience that this trip was because of his own curiosity,Not media reports on behalf of any party。This kind of "looking for the truth" Bet365 app download itself has weakened the subjective characteristics of position problems and types,Personal experience shown in the perspective of Western scholars as the basis as the basis,Therefore, expressing the unique understanding of the Tanzan Railway in the extension of the information。Compared to political theory documentary,We faded the political background and grand narrative of the railway,Shooting a little story of the characters along the line,Introduction to the little people along the railway through their own efforts to change their lives,Show the changes in the occurrence of local residents in Tanzan Railway,This is the meaning of the question of today's international narrative。

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After more than two years of shooting production,Three episodes of the whole film: The first episode is "A Railway of Friendship),Digital depth of unknown history from the perspective of gaming in the game behind the aid construction,The agenda settings of the Western media; the second episode is "The Life Line",Tell the Construction since the 1970s,With the history of history、Railway action micro,But for residents of poverty and remote areas, it is still the source of life、The Road to Life; the third episode is "Love for Tazara",Get inspiration from Ma Ji's cross talk "Friendship",Telling the Tanzan Railway is a generation of the original memory of Africa,There are still many people who go to Africa because of it today、Come to China,also recorded the Tanzan Railway Chinese Expert Group、Cemetery Manager、The story of Chinese personnel such as Confucius Institute volunteers,Vividly present it、Tan、Praise the common "Tanzan Love" of the people of the Three Kingdoms。

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: We must grasp the movement of the international communication field、Socialization、Trends of visualization,Working on the construction of a foreign spreading system,I am happy and easy to understand,Let more foreign audience understand、I can listen to、I can understand,Constantly improve the effect of external communication。"Return to the Tanzan bet365 Play online games Railway" documentary adheres to the "different inside and outside" communication ideas,Pay attention to multi -language version spread。As of now,We have made a Chinese version、English version、French version、Swahili version、Haosa Edition and other versions,Strive to face different countries、Precision spread in different regions。Different versions of the film have been recorded on CCTV、Rwanda National TV Station、Tanzania National Television、Nigerian National TV Station、Kenya National Broadcasting Corporation、Burundi National Radio and Television、Tanzania 10 Channel、Senegal 2stv、Fourth Dada Times Digital TV Network and other channels and mobile clients at home and abroad broadcast,Get praise from many foreign institutions in China and praise from local African audiences。where,The film is on the Houzan channel of the Four Times,It also created 5.92%of the record high ratings of new documentary。

"Return to the Tanzan Railway" documentary is not a case for my country to go to Africa in Africa。In recent years,With the improvement of my country's film and television strength and the needs of cultural "going global",The Chinese camera team began to go out of the country to shoot the scene to shoot the space of rich movies,Visual imagination of the audience。Due to the driving effect of film and television dramas on the tourism industry in the field,Many national tourism departments are welcome to foreign crews,Even providing a lot of convenient recruitment parties。From this,On the one hand, many domestic film and television dramas have been gone to overseas.,On the other hand, the degree of homogeneity is very high,The audience begins to have a certain degree of aesthetic fatigue。So,Smart Chinese filmmakers began to use the lens to the virgin land of Africa。But from the perspective of international communication,Some African -themed movies can't help but have high domestic box office、The embarrassing situation of the low box office abroad,This acceptance status is undoubtedly worthy of our serious thinking。

Under the new situation of China -Africa cooperation,How should we tell the bet365 best casino games story of Chinese stories, especially the Chinese and African stories? How to "let more foreign audience understand、I can listen to、I can understand "? How to return China and Africa to a fairness at the level of public opinion? How to from a perspective as possible,Look at the history of China -Africa cooperation、Now and Future? Our younger generation、The creator is far away。

  (Author is a researcher at the School of Media and International Culture of Zhejiang University、Director of "Return to Tanzan Railway"

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