李军虎导演的纪录片《换城》探讨了当今中国最受关注的话题之一,城市与农村之间的关系。影片涉及了移民、教育和金钱的主题,影片更多地展现了人文关怀而不是表达一个政治观点。如影片的片名,片子是提出问题而不是提供简单的答案。这部在2010年完成的影片在2012年伦敦中国视像艺术节上播出。影片讲述了两个为了让孩子们受到更好教育从农村来到城市的家庭的故事。第一个家庭的人物张知丽决定把两个十来岁的女儿留在农村老家,她和丈夫带着儿子来到城市希望能让他读上好学校。现实比他们想象的艰难,而他们的离开却影响了两个女儿的教育,她们开始逃课。影片的另一个主要人物是杨绣青,她带着儿子女儿移民到城市,用死去丈夫的抚恤金给两个孩子买了城市户口。她和女儿都为供儿子上学而拼命打工。 Director Li Junhu’s documentary “City for Change” explores one of China’s most talked-about topics about the relationship between cities and rural areas. The film deals with the topics of immigration, education and money. The film shows more about humanistic concern than expressing a political viewpoint. Such as the film’s title, the film is to ask questions rather than provide a simple answer. The film, completed in 2010, was broadcast at the 2012 China Video Festival in London. The film tells the story of two families who came to the city from rural areas to get their children better educated. Zhang Zhi-li, the first family member, decided to leave two ten-year-old daughters in rural hometown. She and her husband came to the city with their sons and hope to make him a good school. The reality is more difficult than they think, and their departure has affected the education of the two daughters and they have begun to skip classes. Another major figure in the film, Yang Hsiu-ching, took her son and daughter to the city and bought a city hukou for two children with her husband’s pensions. She and her daughter work hard for their son to go to school.