Original title: Documentaries, photography exhibitions, musicals... Various literary and artistic works focusing on ordinary strugglers were released. On September 19, a documentary reflecting the struggle and development of ordinary workers in Shenzhen premiered at Canton Tower.

Original title: Documentaries, photography exhibitions, musicals... Various literary and artistic works focusing on ordinary strugglers are released

Documentaries, photography exhibitions, musicals... Recently, many different types of literary and artistic works have focused their creative perspectives on urban builders, depicting their stories of struggle to show specific and vivid individuals in the process of urban development.

(Source: Shenzhen Trade Union WeChat public account)

Followed and filmed the stories of 8 groups of Shenzhen employee representatives

According to local media reports, "The Hot Years" was guided by the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions and the Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, and initiated by the Shenzhen Federation of Trade Unions. Produced by the Modern Light Music Ensemble, it obtained a film release license in June this year and will start advance screenings from now on, and will be released nationwide in the second half of 2024.

This documentary film follows the stories of 8 groups of Shenzhen employee representatives, telling how the fate of ordinary people is closely connected with the city of Shenzhen from the past to the present, and showing specific memories of the era through these people and things. , industry ecology, and spiritual outlook, we can answer "Why Shenzhen is Shenzhen" with point-to-point and subtle insights.

Four chapters present the faces of workers in various industries

(Source: Shenzhen Trade Union WeChat public account)

"The Hot Years" is divided into four chapters. Each chapter is connected through the poems of a Shenzhen employee poet, and the title is clearly stated with a poem. It completely presents the spiritual outlook and industry ecology of employee groups from all walks of life in Shenzhen.

The first chapter "The Distant Landscape" depicts the two-sided life of a programmer from a large factory who talks about amateur talk shows, and how product managers of technology companies design robots that better serve human beings; the second chapter "Summer Journey" of

takes the camera Focusing on a new batch of socialized trade union workers from the grassroots trade union federation, recording how they integrate with workers and solve their problems;

Chapter 3 "The Next Stop" tells how grassroots workers integrate into the city through personal efforts, "Left-behind children" reunited with their families in a summer camp sponsored by the labor union;

Chapter 4 "Car 18" follows the first batch of "working girls" who came to Shenzhen and the great craftsman Lu Jianxin, detailing the experiences that Shenzhen has experienced Development process.

The director talks about the original intention of the creative team

According to the film director Wang Shaohan, the original intention of the creative team is: "Shenzhen is a young city. On this fast-moving urban train, we really want to know what supports this train forward. How people work and live. "

Therefore, the camera focuses on ordinary faces from different industries. Behind the camera, everyone feels their joys, sorrows, and joys, and what is ultimately presented on the big screen are their living individual experiences and experiences. Moments of life. Just like what is written on the promotional poster: Their stories are your and my lives.

The story of the "amateur" protagonist moved the audience

(Source: Shenzhen Labor Union WeChat public account)

During the premiere, the story of the film's "amateur" protagonist moved the audience, such as front-line worker and young mother Shao Shufang Yu In March 2024, I successfully received my undergraduate diploma from the “Dream Realization Plan”, an education assistance project of the Shenzhen Federation of Trade Unions, and I am preparing to launch an attack on the teacher qualification certificate or new skills.

"The film connects different chapters through the verses of a working poet, making the expression of the entire story very systematic and literary. Overall, it is both down-to-earth and sublime, with both laughter and tears. " Wang Min, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of South China Agricultural University, said in an interview that the characters selected in the film are very representative and story-telling. They not only tell the story of professional models, but also the subject matter is in line with the aesthetics of young audiences.

According to incomplete statistics, in the past 46 years, more than 200 million people from across the country have come to Dongguan, Guangdong, to grow, struggle and realize their dreams here.In July this year, a photo collection activity for Dongguan city builders inspired countless people to recall their years of struggle.

1,000 photos about struggling youth

On June 3, the collection activity "Looking for one in 200 million - "Dongguan East" invites you to revisit your hometown" sponsored by the Dongguan Municipal Civilization Office was officially launched and will end on June 23 . According to reports, the event triggered an enthusiastic response as soon as it was launched.

By the end of the event, the organizer had collected more than 1,000 submitted photos through various channels. Contributors of these photos come from 18 provinces and municipalities including Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Chongqing, and Inner Mongolia, and even netizens from overseas actively participated.

Seeing urban changes in the comparison between the past and the present

In a slightly mottled old photo, a man took an old man and a child to play at the entrance of Haiyue Park in Yongkou Community, Houjie Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. That was Luo Wenlong and his mother. , daughter’s first photo together. 24 years later, Luo Wenlong came here again and took photos from the same angle, nostalgic for his hard working years in Dongguan. Luo Wenlong submitted these two photos to the above-mentioned photo collection and were successfully selected.

original musical invitation story You and Me

"After watching this musical, especially the scenes of the Golden Tiger Handbag Factory, and the stories of Cai Ge, Luo Zhaodi, and Wang Xueying, I have seen the ups and downs along the way in the past 31 years. What I want to say Too much!" At the end of June, after Luo Wenlong was invited to watch the original musical "Dongguan East", tears filled his eyes.

This musical is an original work created by Dongguan. It uses countless ordinary people who have struggled to take root in Dongguan against the background of the times to tell the story between the workers and the city. On August 16, the show started a tour in Beijing, and invited "one in 200 million" representatives from the Beijing-Kowloon line to watch. It sought out and invited ordinary people who have lived here to look back at Dongguan's struggling years and pay tribute to everyone. An ordinary person who works hard.

When coastal cities such as Shenzhen and Dongguan pay tribute to their former migrant workers, and the labor force represented by Sichuan flows out of the province, they also pay attention to this group of hard-working people and give them more care and a stage for display.

11,000 literary and artistic works by Sichuan migrant workers participated

Recently, the exhibition and award ceremony of the winning works of the 5th Sichuan Province Migrant Workers Original Literary and Artistic Works Competition were held in Chengdu, with a total of 377 works in the three categories of literature, art and music. . The competition is the first provincial-level literary competition in the country specifically for migrant workers. Since it was held in 2012, it has become the spiritual home of the majority of Sichuan migrant workers. This year, a total of nine contestants were collected in three categories: literature, art, and music. There were 11,000 entries for the project.

"One, two, each wire is a string in the hand, classical, modern, popular, and every note that never falls is fingering effort..." Yang Tianpeng, a 56-year-old plumber and electrician, said in " "Be a Tightrope Walker with a Lantern (Poem Collection)" won the first prize in the literary poetry category. At the award-winning works exhibition and award ceremony, this work was adapted into a situational poem recitation "Lights of Ten Thousand Houses" and displayed to the audience.

Build an exclusive art platform for migrant workers

In order to further enrich the spiritual and cultural life of Sichuan migrant workers and build their own art platform, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security decided to launch the second " "Sichuan You Are the Brightest" Online Talent Competition for Sichuan Migrant Workers. The winners of the competition will receive corresponding bonuses or certificates of honor according to different rankings. The first prize bonus is 2,000 yuan.

The contestants for this competition are Sichuan migrant workers and their families.Contestants can demonstrate vocal music, instrumental music, dance, talk show, catwalk show, drama, sketch, cross talk, martial arts, magic, acrobatics, recitation, flower arrangement, tea art, cooking or skills related to migrant workers in short videos. wait.

(Comprehensive sources: Southern Workers Daily, Shenzhen Trade Union WeChat public account, Workers Daily, Dongguan Daily, China Culture News, Sichuan Online, etc.)

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