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Video Lending Library
China
- Program Title: Going to School with Dad on My Back
- EASC Code: CG-11
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: China
- Language:Mandarin
- Subtitles: English, Chinese
- Subject: Movie & TV Drama
- Program Type: Feature
- Media Type: DVD
- Director: Youchao Zhou
- Producer: Wang Zhebin
- Release Date: 1997
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: Unable to afford schooling for both his children, a widowed father chooses to send his son Shiwa to school while forcing his daughter to toil in the fields at home. Tragedy strikes just after Shiwa comes in first in a national Olypmic chemistry competition, and Shiwa must decide between academia and his family. Based upon a true story, Going to School with Dad on My Back focuses on the selfless acts a family must endure to ensure the survival of their brightest and the hope of a better future for all of China.
- Data Entry Date: 11/20/2006
