A taste of democracy, A Story of Zhaicheng Village

Direction and Picture by I.M. Hou 　

“This may be the first documentary that records the full process of a grass-root organization in the rural China. The whole documentary was shot impromptu, with follow-up snapshot of the grass-root association.  It records the true process of the democratic election at a cooperative in a village called Zhaicheng, Hebei province. This documentary, with its true, critical and insightful perspective, reflects the image of the Chinese culture.” – the Phoenix Satellite Television program ad.   (PHT is a Hong Kong-based TV station, most popular among Chinese TV viewers.) In late 1995, this documentary was shown on the Phoenix TV  as a five-part TV documentary series, with each part 30 minutes long shown at prime time. This TV documentary is an abridged digest from a 52 hours of DV shot. The full series of this story with English narration is being produced. We expect to cooperate with media agency interested in obtaining this documentary. Please write to hou1891@hotmail.com