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China Mike, an original ecological documentary.

From 65438 to 0998, the famous photographer Hou Dengke's "Mike" was published, which aroused widespread concern in society. That's a group of invisible people. They walked thousands of kilometers with sickles on their backs to cut wheat for others. Some people call it the poor, while others call it "their history" outside the people's history. Mr Hou Dengke used his camera to truly record these people who migrated with the seasons like migratory birds, and took a lot of documentary photos. Regrettably, Hou Dengke died young in 2003. From 1998 to 2008, this decade is the turn of the century when great changes have taken place in China's economy and society, cities and rural areas, and workers and farmers. It is this decade that the promotion of rural mechanized operation mode is unprecedented. In the land of China, the sickle that has been used for thousands of years seems to be put aside overnight, and the harvester has replaced the sickle, and the new harvester has formed a new generation of wheat customers. However, we regret that no one seems to pay attention to this group after Mr. Hou Dengke. No one has recorded such a big change, and the scientific and technological content of photography is improving from generation to generation. However, Mike, a labor group that once formed hundreds of thousands of troops to work across regions, is still off the screen. We know nothing about the life of this huge wheat customer group except that we have reported how many harvesters are harvesting wheat and enjoying a bumper harvest. So we live our lives and they live their lives.

20 12 On September 5th, I was shocked again. "Someone else is recording this group" was my first reaction after watching China Mike. The story tells that the workspace of old Mike is gradually shrinking at the turn of the new century. Is it elimination or persistence? They began to wander. However, both the old Mike with a sickle and the new Mike with a harvester are full of the simplest attachment to the cause. ...

Nowadays, ecology seems to have become a fashion, no matter true or false, it is labeled as the symbol of original ecology. But I can say that "China Mike" is an original documentary, because I can't find any traces of story editing in the film. But it is these real shots that depict the wonderful music of farmers' bitter harvest. Mike sleeping on the concrete steps; The harvester overturned in the ditch suffered heavy losses and did not forget to build roads; The harvesting area was hit by a storm, and wheat fell to the ground, and wheat customers lost money to farmers to harvest. All these scenes remind me of the most simple and industrious image of China people. Seeing this, I wonder how many people can throw a few steamed buns on the ground. More importantly, it records the changes of the times and the new trends of rural labor force that we can't see.

Finally, I have to admit that I am familiar with Xiao Tong, the creator of China Mike, or I am his teacher. Since 2008, my little brother has been following Mike for four years, carrying a camera weighing nearly 20 kilograms, and finished his first song of "Country Records". To be exact, he can also be called a real Mike, and he may suffer more than Mike. Someone once said that Mr. Hou Dengke was a migratory bird, but today I want to say that this migratory bird has returned.