
Please Vote For Me
Chinese Director Weijun Chen's charming film takes us into the world of Chinese schoolchildren, learning about democracy as they try to vote for their class monitor.
Elections are pretty uncommon in China, so when the children in a school in Wuhan, Central China are presented with the chance to choose their own class monitor they don't quite know what to make of it. It doesn't take them long to get into the swing of it, though, and soon all sorts of dirty tricks are going on. Urged on by their parents, the candidates launch elaborate campaigns of bribery and coercion. After tantrums and tears, it's finally time for the vote, and who will win - the sweet girl who woos her voters with her flute playing, the bully who beats his classmates, or the boy who has the best sweets.
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- Sat 12 Nov 201601:10GMTBBC News except Latin America, North America, UK & UK HD
- Sat 12 Nov 201615:10GMTBBC News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 13 Nov 201609:10GMTBBC News except UK & UK HD
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- Sat 28 Jan 201701:10GMTBBC News except Latin America, North America, UK & UK HD
- Sat 28 Jan 201715:10GMTBBC News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 29 Jan 201709:10GMTBBC News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 29 Jan 201720:10GMTBBC News except UK & UK HD