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Chinese Independent Documentary :
CIDFA008:
The Vociferous Village
Directors: Hu Min
Length: 95min
Production Year: 2006
Synopsis:
Malu village is a rich and sensitive topic, which is located at BAILANG street of HIGH TECH develop zone of SHIYAN city in HUBEI province. At end of 2005, Malu village started the new election.
The documentary film is recorded with the clue of the activity and feeling of ZHANGWEI-the out-of-date village director. It reappeared the most realistic scene during the election in the countryside of china: the argument of the villagers during the election, the complaining of village secretary to their superior leader, the caught of the cribber during the vote, the disobedience from the party member, the out of election of ZHANGWEI, the failure of the first speech because of the attack of the villagers, the awkard cadres in the second speech, the second out of election of ZHANGWEI during the formal election, at last, the director of the village still could not be elected…The total film is 98minutes with disturbing and nervous.
The film has been screened at:
Won the prize in “China Village Self-Governance Film Project”, 2006
"May Festival" , Beijing, 2006
Festival Shadows, Amsterdam, 2006
Director’s Bio:
Hu Min, born in 1969. "The Vociferous Village" is his first independent documentary film