Chinese Childeren Ask - PLEASE VOTE FOR ME! (part 2)

Please Vote for Me 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. This was reported to be the first election of its type for a class monitor held in a school in China, as well as an interesting use of classic democratic voting principles and interpersonal dynamics.

It 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 different countries around the world in October 2007, including BBC in the UK and PBS in the United States

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[lovelovediversity]

gosh this is so cutthroat... -____- ...cheng cheng.... TSKTSK

[UltraValor]

@iluvric Agree...when I was in my primary school in China we had the same type of elections too,but no talent shows or whatever

[kulgan18]

@hamidious

Lol thats what i was thinking. I bet most of congress was like that at that age.

[Kaname1441]

this is the result of the one child policy in china

[detective603]

having tricks vs having pounds~

[TopazSkillMauler]

@iluvric I was in Primary school 10 years ago in china to!!!

[iluvric]

the first election of this type in china, what!? what a joke. i was in primary sch in china more than 10 yrs ago, and the election was always democratic, and not just my sch, many schs across china.

[hamidious]

Wow, the chubby boy is so sleazy, a natural asshole, will make a successful politician.

[1sisster]

I think that the chuby boys should lose because he makes fun of everyone and hes such a bitch thumbs up if you agree

[919evilkiller919]

cute politics