Please Vote for Me (2007)
- Original title
- 请投我一票
- Directed by
- Weijun Chen
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 58 min
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Third graders in a Chinese primary school run for class monitor. Teachers and parents push them hard through debates and campaigns.
observationalrevealingchildlikecompetitivemanipulativethought-provokingintimatewry
What happens
Please Vote for Me (Chinese: 请投我一票; pinyin: Qǐng tóu wǒ yī piào) is a 2007 documentary film following the elections for class monitor in a 3rd grade class of eight-year-old children in the Evergreen Primary School in Wuhan, China. 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. This was reported to be an interesting use of classic democratic voting principles and interpersonal dynamics. The documentary gives a glimpse into China's contemporary urban middle classes. It won the Sterling Feature Award at Silverdocs in 2007. 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 list was narrowed to five films on January 22, 2008, but Please Vote for Me did not make it to the final five. The film is part of the "Why Democracy?" series. It was aired in no less than 35 countries, including the BBC in the UK and PBS (as part of Independent Lens) in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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