DVD Distribution - Subject: Education in China

Speaking Up 2 H007

Director：Tammy Cheung
Subject：Education in China / Personal growth
Price: HKD750.00
Hong Kong / 2007 / 31 min
In Mandarin with Chinese & English subtitles

About two dozens students from a well-respected primary school in Jiangxu (near Shanghai) are interviewed. They are asked to express their views on different topics such as personal issues, family, gender, society, etc. Their answers highlight the changing face of today's China.

Village Middle School H008

Director：Tammy Cheung
Subject：Education in China / Rural life / Personal growth
Price: HKD1,100.00
Hong Kong / 2006 / 90 min
In Mandarin with Chinese & English subtitles

The film takes place in a middle school in a rural area of Yunnan Province. It follows the daily life of the students and the teachers of the under-funded school. It tries to explore the present condition of China's education system in rural areas, which is facing a multitude of problems it has never encountered before.

Senior Year C019

Director：Zhou Hao
Subject：Education in China / Personal growth
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2005 / 95 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

Seventy eight high school students of No. 1 High School of Wuping County, Fujian Province had only one chance to get into university: pass the annual university entrance exam. The pressure to succeed was extremely intense. Under their teachers' supervision, students recited math formulas and Communist propaganda slogans day and night. The students strive for personal freedom while preparing for their exams, in an educational system that aimed at mass producing result-oriented youth.

The 29-year-old High School Student C020

Director：Zhang Zhong
Subject：Education in China / Personal growth
Price: HKD750.00
China / 2007 / 30 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitle

In 2007, Lao Yang was 29 years old and still in grade 11. His goal was studying art in university. He continued to take the exams despite repeated failures and became the most experienced repeater in his school. He worked as a teaching assistant in an art school to support himself. Lao Yang's case was typical and reflected the hardship millions of students face in China.

We are the … of Communism C021

Director：Cui Zien
Subject：Education in China / Labour
Price: HKD1,100.00
China / 2007 / 94 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles

The Yuanhai school for migrant's children was suddenly closed for no reason. Students were forced to leave the school. Those who continued to study had classes in old factory buildings. When winter came, students in their first and second years went to study in a small van. The older ones went to the teacher's small flat to have lessons. In the cold weather, the children still gathered happily together and school was like heaven to them.