SBS joins global democracy broadcast
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SBS is to screen a series of documentaries and short films as part of an international broadcast series on the theme of Democracy.
25 other networks around the globe will screen the same films to an audience of 300 million viewers between October 7 and 18.
The diverse films include Please Vote for Me (China), Iron Ladies of Liberia (Liberia) and Dinner with the President (Pakistan).
The films were commissioned globally and do not represent a solely European or Western point of view. The series has two purposes: to examine the real prospects for global democracy, the dominant idea of our time, and to debate a new style for this emerging democracy, which may not necessarily be based on Western ideals.
The first film of ‘Why, Democracy?’, Please Vote For Me, looks at electing a class monitor in a school in China. It screens at 7:30pm on Sunday October 7.
More info: whydemocracy.net
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Chinese kids vote for each other & use the words dictator & democracy, hope for their future if they know the meaning!
fascinating to hear 8yr olds talk about the words “dictator” & “democracy” in a country that has known one but not the other, & the adults show no sense of irony! Hope for their future.