CBC - Why Democracy - Please Vote For Me

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CBC - Why Democracy

Vote For Me

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Type.................: documentary

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Part Size............: 15,000,000 bytes

Number of Parts......: 49

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Wuhan is a city in central China about the size of London, and it is here

that director Weijun Chen has conducted an experiment in democracy. A grade

3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy

by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year olds compete

against each other for the coveted position, abetted and egged on by teachers

and doting parents.



Elections in China take place only within the Communist Party, but recently

millions of Chinese voted in their version of Pop Idol. The purpose of Weijun

Chen╞s experiment is to determine how, if democracy came to China, it would be

received. Is democracy a universal value that fits human nature? Do elections

inevitably lead to manipulation? Please Vote for Me is a portrait of a society

and a town through a school, its children and its families.



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