In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, eight-year old children compete for the position of Class Monitor. Their parents, devoted to their only child, take part and start to influence the results. PLEASE VOTE FOR ME is a film about an experiment with democracy in China.
The US government has developed what appears to be a policy of using torture while at the same time spreading its message of democracy around the world. The ease with which ideas fundamental to the rule of law were subverted in the process, provokes difficult questions about the kind of future American-style democracy will bring.
Zackie Achmat of the Treatment Action Campaign and Fatima Hassan of the Law AIDS Project speak about response to the violence and displacement of foreigners due to xenophobic attacks in Cape Town, South Africa
10 questions about democracy are answered by Metallica rock star Lars Ulrich, football super star Pelé, former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, author Margaret Atwood, architect Daniel Libeskind, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh-Rasmussen, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Film Director Ken Loach, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, and many others.
10 questions about democracy are answered by Metallica rock star Lars Ulrich, football super star Pelé, former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, author Margaret Atwood, architect Daniel Libeskind, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh-Rasmussen, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Film Director Ken Loach, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, and many others.
