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Left-Behind Children Trilogy, Children at a Village School
directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Xiaosu Wu, fl. 2014 and Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
Guangming Primary School is a remote mountain village school in Hunan. In 2009, the school had 22 students, 17 of whom with parents of migrant workers. This documentary follows three of the families of left-behind children for six years. It shows these children’s difficulties such as lack of parental care, poor...
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directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Xiaosu Wu, fl. 2014 and Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2014), 1 hour 30 mins
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Guangming Primary School is a remote mountain village school in Hunan. In 2009, the school had 22 students, 17 of whom with parents of migrant workers. This documentary follows three of the families of left-behind children for six years. It shows these children’s difficulties such as lack of parental care, poor material life, and limited educational resources have never changed.The faculty of the school is weak, and teachers are poorly paid. Ol...
Guangming Primary School is a remote mountain village school in Hunan. In 2009, the school had 22 students, 17 of whom with parents of migrant workers. This documentary follows three of the families of left-behind children for six years. It shows these children’s difficulties such as lack of parental care, poor material life, and limited educational resources have never changed.The faculty of the school is weak, and teachers are poorly paid. Old grandparents or elder brothers and sisters, who have no time to spare, can be these children’s daily guardians. The students are not carefully taught, and their grades and mentality are worrying.Year after year, will their parents come back to reunite with them?At the end of the film, the education of left-behind children, the salary and welfare of urban migrant workers and the future development of agriculture constitute complex and urgent problems.Children at a Village School is the first documentary of Jiang Nengjie’s left-behind children trilogy.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Xiaosu Wu, fl. 2014, Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Orient Indie Films
Series
Left-Behind Children Trilogy
Topic / Theme
Community and Family Issues, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Orient Indie Films
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Left-Behind Children Trilogy, The Ninth Grade
directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2014), 1 hour 9 mins
The ninth grade symbolizes the end of nine-year compulsory education in China. It depends on students’ performance in the High School Entrance Examination to decide if they can continue studying.The film tells the story of a group of children from an honors class preparing for the examination in Hunan province....
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directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2014), 1 hour 9 mins
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The ninth grade symbolizes the end of nine-year compulsory education in China. It depends on students’ performance in the High School Entrance Examination to decide if they can continue studying.The film tells the story of a group of children from an honors class preparing for the examination in Hunan province. Most of them are left-behind children, and studying has become the only way to have better future. However, as adolescents facing heavy...
The ninth grade symbolizes the end of nine-year compulsory education in China. It depends on students’ performance in the High School Entrance Examination to decide if they can continue studying.The film tells the story of a group of children from an honors class preparing for the examination in Hunan province. Most of them are left-behind children, and studying has become the only way to have better future. However, as adolescents facing heavy homework, the pressure of preparing for the exam, the lack of funds and family education, they are at a crossroads in their lives… Can they change their own destiny?The Ninth Grade is the second documentary of Jiang Nengjie’s left-behind children trilogy.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015
Author / Creator
Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Orient Indie Films
Series
Left-Behind Children Trilogy
Topic / Theme
Chinese
Copyright Message
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Left-Behind Children Trilogy, Jia Yi
directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Li Jianmin, fl. 2016, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2016), 1 hour 15 mins
Jiayi is a left-behind child. Her parents work outside all the year round, and each short meeting with them affects her young heart. After a long journey with grandfather to visit her working parents, Jiayi cries quietly on her father’s lap when leaving. After the Spring Festival, her mother goes out early to wo...
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directed by Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015; produced by Li Jianmin, fl. 2016, in Left-Behind Children Trilogy (Orient Indie Films, 2016), 1 hour 15 mins
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Jiayi is a left-behind child. Her parents work outside all the year round, and each short meeting with them affects her young heart. After a long journey with grandfather to visit her working parents, Jiayi cries quietly on her father’s lap when leaving. After the Spring Festival, her mother goes out early to work. She does not say goodbye because she is secretly hiding in the bed crying.However, life goes on and Jiayi still needs to forget the...
Jiayi is a left-behind child. Her parents work outside all the year round, and each short meeting with them affects her young heart. After a long journey with grandfather to visit her working parents, Jiayi cries quietly on her father’s lap when leaving. After the Spring Festival, her mother goes out early to work. She does not say goodbye because she is secretly hiding in the bed crying.However, life goes on and Jiayi still needs to forget the sadness after her parents leave. She happily plays with her classmates and coaxes her younger brother like an adult after mischievously teasing him to cry. Each day, Jiayi and her brother are wandering between crying and laughing, growing up between pain and joy.On Children’s Day, Jiayi wears a red dress for dancing performance and is particularly beautiful. However, she returns home only to find her brother missing. Gasping for breath, she runs through the heavy rain to find her brother…Jia Yi is the last documentary of Jiang Nengjie’s left-behind children trilogy.
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Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Li Jianmin, fl. 2016
Author / Creator
Jiang Nengjie, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2016-10-20
Publisher
Orient Indie Films
Series
Left-Behind Children Trilogy
Topic / Theme
Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Orient Indie Films
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