When China Met Africa is a 2010 feature-length documentary film by Nick Francis and Marc Francis, set on the front line of China?s foray into Africa, following the lives of a Chinese farmer, a road builder, and the Zambian trade minister.
When China Met Africa was an international co-production involving BBC Storyville, Arte France, VPRO, the Sundance Institute, CNC and the Media Fund, and produced by Speakit Films and Zeta Productions. The film played at international film festivals including Rotterdam Film Festival, Munich, Goteburg and at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York, where it won best film. It was released in cinemas in the UK in 2011 and was seen on television around the world.