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"Please Vote for Me"

DATE:Tuesday, September 11, 2007
TIME:6:00 PM
PLACE:San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
FORMAT:Film screening
SPONSORS:Center for Chinese Studies, Berkeley China Initiative, ITVS, Independent Lens

ADMISSION FREE--Presented by ITVS and Independent Lens. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley China Initiative


What do free elections look like in China?  Ask an eight-year old.  Please Vote for Me follows the aspirations of a trio of elementary students in the city of Wuhan in central China as they campaign for classroom monitor.  The three candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner.
60 mins., Mandarin with English Subtitles.

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