We Are the …of Communism

The Yuanhai Migrant Children’s School was suddenly closed for unknown reasons and the pupils who remained continued classes in old factory buildings. Unfortunately, temporary classrooms were taken away one after another. From summer to winter, the number of pupils dropped from 720 to 16. Some dropped out of school, while others have moved to further schools with higher fees, or have returned to their hometown. As the weather became colder and colder, the pupils under third grade could only study in a small van while others went to the teacher’s home instead of a classroom. In spite of this, they hope they can return to school. This place was once heaven for the children, where they happily gathered together to play and imagine a wonderful future.

This screening is part of Gentrification, the seventh chapter of the film program Queer Strategies and Tentacles, curated by Rosa Barotsi and Zairong Xiang, and unfolding in eight chapters between November 25th, 2024 and March 2, 2025, with the films of each chapter streaming for two weeks.

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