Apr 25, 2016 funny, touching and full of small surprises, the chinese director weijun chens documentary is a wry look at the democratic process and all its chaotic, imperfect promise. Its time once again to choose a new cock of the block who will reign supreme over soliloquies for the week ahead. Please vote for me reflection essay mojica brian chinese. Please vote for me not rated 58min documentary 3 april 2008 usa democracy in china exists, that is, in a primary school in wuhan where a grade 3 class can vote who they want as class monitor. The one hour documentary follows the twoweek campaign from the introduction of the candidates to the final voting. This documentarys true story aroused my thinking about democracy, competitiveness, values and culture in modern china. Please vote for me itvs documentary film funding itvs. Back room deals, bribery, payoffs, gladhanding, badmouthing and underhanded skullduggery are all a part of the political game. The film has its moments but when compared to the directors previous efforts the filmmaking here strikes me as far too lazy, relying too much on the backdrop and nonactors at the cost of lackadaisical narrative. All 19 45 minute episodes that continue exactly after the final battle disc 2 episode 3. If you would like to pitch any ideas, on my writing, effective criticisms, or just want to talk, never be afraid to send me an email, a pm, or even add me as a friend on your proffered instant messenger. My copy was new and sealed, this purchase was an amazon direct purchase and i can say is perfect. I especially want to thank raven as being my mentor and inspiration to share myself with all of you. It probably wasnt the intent of the film to shine a light on the shortcomings of democracy, yet the message is perfectly delivered.
As you know, there are just two simple rules that i ask you to follow. Please vote for me received its north american premiere at the 2007 silverdocs film. The competition is open to children aged between 6 and 14 on 6 october 2008. Chinas best documentaries, though often bleak, are the ones that show the side of china that tourists dont see in shiny shanghai or historical beijing. Please vote for me, which is on the academy of motion picture arts and sciences documentary feature shortlist and recently screened at. Please vote for me is a documentary that covers the election of a class monitor at evergreen primary school in wuhan, china. Please vote for me explores this scenario, by chronicling the first open elections for school monitor in a thirdgrade class in central china. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off.
Walle won the academy award for best animated feature, the bafta award for best animated film, the golden globe award for best animated feature film, and the satellite award for best animated or mixed media feature. From what i remember, the 65 episodes from series 2 were never broadcast in the uk on bbc. Please vote for me follows 8yearold students in an elementary school in china as they. Please vote for me follows 8yearold students in an elementary school in china as they campaign for class monitor. This version of please vote for me was excerpted for wholphin from a. Luo mingjiang father, police officer lei zizhu mother, police officer cheng chengs parents. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Please vote for my videos if you like them and want to see more. I spent a wonderful year teaching english or at least southern english in hubei province, just up the train line from wuhan. Zhang class 1, grade 3 teacher luo lei boy cheng cheng boy xu xiaofei girl luo leis parents. Please vote only once, and please vote for only one cock. Please vote for me not rated 58min documentary 3 april 2008 usa democracy in china exists, that is, in a primary school in wuhan where a grade 3 class can vote. A pair of boys and one girl vie for the office, indulging in classic political moves, including low blows, spindoctoring, character assassination, and gestures of goodwill, adjusting their tactics as they guage their standing with voters. As such, please vote for me feels overambitious, but difficult to dislike.
The official website of vote for me the motion picture. Reviewed in the united states on november 23, 2008. Vote in the netflix original series showdown round 1. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. This film paints an interesting portrait of possible democracy in a society where. Jakarta international film festival belgium february 2008 tv premiere usa 3 april 2008 ashland independent film festival denmark 19 september 2008 buster copenhagen international film festival for children and youth ireland 27 september 2008 stranger than fiction festival usa 9 october 2008 san diego asian film festival.
Jun 18, 2008 cbbc me and my movie is an association between bbc learning, cbbc and bafta. In an elementary school in the city of wuhan in central. After watching please vote for me, complete the following questions in your notebook. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. We think this, often times, par for the course for our elected officials. Watchersweb amateur milf share, raven, thank, complete. The essence of the film can pretty much be summed up in the first 30 seconds or so.
Please vote for me 2007 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. But when he arrives at school the next day and encounters chengs pushy campaign in full. Growing up in china, it is evident that these children have no prior experience with democracy and at the beginning of the film. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. All my friend i kindly request you please vote for me on below link i will be very thankfull to you. Rent please vote for me 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd. A film with me in it is dark, its irish, its indie. Its difficult to tell, though, where clever editing has been employed to create false drama. I wish you all a merry christmas and a very happy new year.
But, not for three 8year olds at the evergreen primary school in wuhan, central china, where, for the first time, a democratic election is under way to select the new class monitor in please vote for me. Please vote for me follows these students as they hold the firstever election for class monitor. The first 5 episodes of this series were edited together into the film, thundercats ho. The list was narrowed to five films on january 22, 2008, but please vote for me did not make it to the final five. Please vote for me is a 2007 documentary film following the elections for class monitor in a 3rd grade class of eightyearold children in the evergreen primary school in wuhan, china. Funny, touching and full of small surprises, the chinese director weijun chens documentary is a wry look at the democratic process and all its chaotic, imperfect promise. August 23, 2008 to be sure, the student voters in please vote for me are a capricious bunch.
Please vote for me is a 2007 documentary film following the elections for class monitor in a 3rd grade class of. Its almost everything that it claims to be, its just not funny. Please vote for me doesnt mention that a rural voter in china is anything but equal, to say nothing of uyghurs or tibetans. Please vote for me follows eightyearold students in an elementary school in china as they campaign for class monitor.
In an elementary school in the city of wuhan in central china. Growing up in china, it is evident that these children have no prior experience with democracy and at the beginning of the film, none of the. Please vote for me if you liked and it will inspire me in the coming year. The setting is not the democratic presidential campaign trail but a thirdgrade class at an elementary school in the city of wuhan in central china. Please vote for me is about a thirdgrade class in wuhan, china, who are about to have their first democratic election of class monitor. Please vote for me, which made the academy of motion picture arts and sciences documentary feature shortlist, packs its fleet hour with keen observations. Oct 30, 2012 the documentary please vote for me is a film that follows three chinese third grade students as they run for the position of class monitor at evergreen primary school. In november 2007, please vote for me was named by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences as one of 15 films on its documentary feature oscar shortlist. The concept of please vote for me is a completely novel and new concept, something that most people dont know anything about, riep said. This exercise looks at how dissent is manifested in american democracy and then delves into the protests surrounding the 1968 democratic national. Viewers are left to decide if the experiment in democracy has been successful and what it might mean for democracy education in china. Boardoverhead, chart paper, discussion guide for chicago 10, chicago 10 video modules or full film, art supplies democracy is designed to be open to differing views and diversity of opinion.
Oct 11, 2008 swing voters who vote for the old white guy for president even though they think he might not be the right guy, make up for it by voting for the democrat for. Aug 23, 2016 nevertheless, they prove themselves quick studies in please vote for me, which chronicles chinas first ever modern classroom election, held among thirdgraders in the city of wuhan. Please vote for me is a film about an experiment with democracy in china. The cbbc me and my movie award in association with bafta will be judged by a jury made up of bafta members and bbc staff. I hope your weekend is treating you right thus far. The documentary follows the experiment of implementing democracy in a third grade chinese classroom. I showed this film to my third grade class, as part of a study in what democracy is and isnt. Chen weijun, please vote for me film, 2007 uschina institute. There are only two simple rules that i ask you to follow. This version of please vote for me was excerpted for wholphin from a featurelength documentary of the same name. Ryan keely schoolgirl jerk off instructions for xhamster. I use this movie for my ap comparative government class.
He even earned star monique alexander a meaningless industry award nomination for same in please me, a vivid release. I believe the director did a really good job in capturing the nittygritty aspects of the election. Please vote for me challenges those committed to chinas democratization to consider the feasibility of, and processes. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. The candidates, luo lei, xu xiaofei, and cheng cheng, compete against each other for the coveted role and are egged on by their teachers and doting parents. Please vote for me is a 2007 documentary film following the elections for class monitor in a 3rd. Please vote only once and please vote for only one cock. Skow made his early reputation as master of tease, that bit of softcore intro featured on most even gonzo walltowall sex videos. Politics a dirty business in a chinese classroom reuters. Vote for me 2003 elderly leo rodriguez ricardo barber, a proudly puerto rican building superintendent, enters politics with homemade signs and a vow to drive out drug dealers. Please vote for me 2007 three chinese children launch campaigns to become class monitor. By the way, i was elected as class monitor once in a quite similar way, but teacher refused to accept the result simply because he didnt like me and chose another kid. I have watched it about four times now, and each time with a more critical eye. What is a democracy steven riep on please vote for me.
I have the feeling that the director probably shares a similar feeling to me, which is sort of disappointment about these younger generation, which made me sad. The documentary please vote for me is a film that follows three chinese third grade students as they run for the position of class monitor at evergreen primary school. Jan 22, 2011 i recently viewed a fascinating chinese documentary, please vote for me available on netflix, click here to watch instantly. Chens first film, my life is my philosophy, was nominated for the best.
The verdict critics picks the new york times duration. Theyre not real people, theyre caricatures of the epitome of what it means to be a loser. You can reach me on any of my contacts below at any time that you want. V the complete series appears to be 5 single sided discs packaged well and complete. It was very interesting to watch each students campaign play out.
This could be an election from elementary school, going to vote with a parent, seeing a campaign ad on tv, etc directions. To be sure, the student voters in please vote for me are a capricious bunch. The animation is good and the music is very memorable. Please vote for me critics picks the new york times. Jul 30, 2008 please vote for me doesnt mention that a rural voter in china is anything but equal, to say nothing of uyghurs or tibetans. That said, the studs are ready, the poll is now open, so let the voting begin, and may the best cock win. All my friend i kindly request you please vote for me on. Funny, touching and full of small surprises, the chinese director. Lisa, and sally sarah annes nickname with cheng, lo, and xiao and youve got please vote for me, an equal parts hysterically funny. The text who would you vote for as president of the world. Full frameworking films award, full frame documentary film festival, 2008. At once, it seems an indicator of dubiousness of the movie s thesis that the election doesnt result any upheaval of order, but a ratification of it that the results bring plenty of tears. I also like that he showed where each kid was coming from and what their background was like. It is a documentary about a chinese thirdgrade class that is given the unprecedented privilege of electing their own class monitors.
The director did a great job of showing the dirty campaigning each kid did. Please vote for me curriculum guide china journeys in film. The new york times scathing portrayalsreminiscent of spike lees do the right thing, but with a lighter touch. The result in the film is a campaign that uses namecalling and favorgiving that would make the old. Mojica, brian chinese culture chen please vote for me reflection essay i really enjoyed this movie. Not rated 58min documentary 3 april 2008 usa please vote for me poster. Please vote for me challenges those committed to chinas democratization to consider the feasibility of, and processes involved in, its implementation.
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