{Afghan Star}

     




      This is a movie that takes place in Afghanistan. Afghanistan holds the Muslim religion. It is aparently against the law to dance.

      Afghanistan Star is an American Idol type of show but for thier country. This documentary shows Their culture very well and shows how strict their rules are. They made wonderful proformances in this documentary.

      I did not think so highly of this movie so I am not going to rate it. If you are interested in the Afghan culture feel free to watch the documentary.

{Please Vote For Me}

A Movie that takes place in China. They start to vote on who is class monitor, being a Communist country this is very new for them. The kids go through much lying and other dirty tactics to gain the classes vote.

This was so far my favorite out of the ones we watched it was funny and entertaining to watch. Honestly China doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. I sort of felt bad for the other two kids crying at the end. I found it very amusing on how far they went to try to make each other look bad. The movie was filmed very well and it was very good for a documentary.

China is very different from the U.S and i found it entertaining watching kids there in third grade and compare it to our third grade. I am going to be honest the kid's vocabulary is a lot more broad then our third grade. They even seem less lazy, over all the class system is better minus the physical abuse. I give this movie a 8 and a half / 10.

{Mongolian Ping Pong}

      The main characters name is Bilike he lives in a house in the middle of no where without running water or electricity. Being stuck in a place like that he didn't know much. He did not know what a ping pong ball was. his best friends Erguotou and Dawa and him found the "strange" ball floating down a river which let to curiosity for the kids. Bilike's grandma said it was a pearl from heaven. but It didn't stop them from innocent mischief for figuring out about the world around then. 

      The movie was Filmed wonderfully. The main characters were three 7 year old boys which acted very well for their age. The landscape of where the movie was filmed was breath taking. I found it awesome that  the kids got to ride mini motorcycles and horses. This movie was more entertaining then the first but the ending was kind of...bad.

      You shouldn't end the way the movie ended it was completely random. They should have done a better job on that. But other then that they did a nice job. I recommend this movie to you if you like mongolian movies if i were to rate it i would give it a 7/10 rating.

{Weeping Camel}

      In Gobi which is South of Mongolia their is a family of shepherds. These shepherds assist camels with birth. One of their camels however starts to have huge difficulty delivering. With the help of the family a miracle happens and the camel gives birth to a rare white colored calf. unfortunately after all that effort the mother camel rejects it and doesn't give it any milk. The rejected baby calf now must find food else where and survive on its own. in accordance to a musician rising from a town being the calf's last hope.

      The movie was filmed in Mongolia and was filmed wonderfully. Their life style was very interesting, they were spiritual people that prayed to the spirits by sacrificing food to them. I think they would be considered a less developed country considering they barley had any of the technology the U.S has. But their families seem to be a lot closer then ours, they are even close to the other people around them.

      They portrayed the Camel's sorrow very well. The musician and the mom played a beautiful song in the movie and preformed it wonderfully. This movie was not exactly for my kind of taste but I still think they did a nice job. The camera control was handled very well and all the actors played their roles very well. To rate fairly I would give this movie a good score of 8/10 I recommend this movie for people who love to learn about other peoples culture.