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Documentary Furom: May Festival
The Vociferous Village

Director/Cameraman: Hu Min
Length: 95 min
Production: 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 < The Vociferous Village >is recorded with the clue of the activity and feeling of ZHANGWEI-the out-of-date village director.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.

 

Senior Year
Director: Zhou Hao
Colour /95 min /2005

SYNOPSIS:
Study hard! Move ahead! Be patriotic! These slogans are drilled into the minds of Chinese boarding school students as they struggle to pass their university admission exams. With most of these teens hailing from poverty-stricken rural villages, their tuition for school is paid through the blood, sweat and tears of their parents. As such, they must literally study from day to night, waking up three hours before class to recite propagandist passages that encourage them to stay loyal to the nation. With already no personal space of their own, even the teachers intrude upon every facet of their lives. It’s a harrowing portrait of a new generation raised as if they were sheep.

ZHOU Hao was born in 1968 in China. He is a media worker who worked as a photographer at Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekend. He started making documentary films in 2001 and now lives in Guangzhou. Filmography: Hou Street(03), Senior Year(05).