Le temps du Cannibalisme / Days of Cannibalism

Synopsis.

Days of Cannibalism is a contemporary documentary Western which takes place against the backdrop of a newly emerging China-Africa relationship. The film is set in a remote rural region in Southern Africa, a frontier space in which the laws of society are in a state of flux. The arrival of new settlers – economic migrants from China – has upset the balance of power. Old laws and old gods are being called into question.

Biofilmographie/Biofilmography

Teboho Edkins est né aux Etats-Unis en 1980. Il a étudié les Beaux-Arts à l’Université du Cap, suivit par une résidence de deux ans au Fresnoy – studio national des arts contemporains en France. Cursus complété par un programme de formation à la réalisation au sein de la DFFB de Berlin. C’est dans le cadre de cette école qu’il a réalisé «Gangster Project» (2011), son cinquième documentaire.

Teboho Edkins was born in the USA in 1980. He studied Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, followed by a two year post-graduate residency at Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains in France and then a post-graduate film directed program at the dffb film academy in Berlin,