村小的孩子

    因为老师的一篇文章：统计数据表面留守儿童的成绩、身体（身高、体重）都比父母在家的孩子要差，并推荐了《村小的孩子》这部电影。

    这部电影带我走进了留守儿童的生活。爷爷奶奶家在农村，我对这些并不陌生。但，这是我头一次以留守儿童为群体来观察他们的学习、思想、心里、生活；成长、人生轨迹。
    
    因为教育不足造成他们以后大部分人只能重复父母的轨迹——外出打工。好的教育可以成就更高的薪水收入，而农村低收入也只能负担不能让人满意的教育，农村的孩子或农村的留守儿童他们因为贫穷和父母教育的缺失已经输在了起跑线。

    他们大多数的梦想是打工挣钱，认为中国国家主席是毛泽东，不知道中国的首都更不知道北京奥运会。经济、科技的发展也带给了他们手机、游戏机、电视，但播放的内容有价值的少之又少。

    蒋能杰说他对记录的这些现象看不到希望。中国的发展在一部分人压榨穷人劳动力变得富裕的同时，更让穷人家庭及下一代付出了缺乏关爱、缺乏教育的沉重代价。
    
    确实，我们能做的太少，比较容易的就是呼吁大家关注一下这个群体，但关注之后呢？能改变什么吗？学校的老师兼经济学家呼吁给予打工者廉租房、补贴，尽量为打工群体在身边养孩子提供条件。

    但，真的可以吗？影片中，历尽千辛呼出的新建教学楼质量低劣，建设者不负责任。中国贪污、腐败，贫富差距越来越大，越穷越弱，越富越强。中国社会如何健康发展，如何让底层人民的生活好起来，是一个让人头疼的问题。教育可以改变，但如何让他们接受好的教育？因为穷，教育都变成了奢侈品。
    

            
 
                                    《村小的孩子》拍摄者阐述
　　
　　　这片子算是我09年处女作《路》的续集，片子其实在2011年底就已开始着手剪辑，由于设备和个人原因，后期制作一波三折。后干脆放下后期制作，又回村继续跟拍，有时间就剪剪，做疲了就放一放，放不下又继续拍，继续剪……，如此循环！
　　当然，整个过程中，我也一直在思考，也在反问自己，这么不顾一切去拍，去做，意义何在？又能改变什么？感觉什么都改变不了。
　　由于纪录片《路》的放映和网上公开，加上一些知名媒体的关注和报道。这些孩子们物质条件有些许改善，但孩子们因为父母的缺失，造成的问题依然存在，甚至更加严重，你去问他们的梦想，孩子们很可能依然会说想去打工。
　 后来，我在一众筹网站筹了一笔钱，勉强于2013年4月完成整个后期制作。完成后就丢在那里，不知怎么，再也不想去碰触。
　 2013年6月在广州做《农村空巢老人图片展览》时，碰到广州美院一位老师引荐我参加德国的法兰克福的一影展，并入围，可能这是国外的首映。
　 为了配合宣传，放下近半年的片子，再来剪辑预告片时，感觉又不一样，好像又找回了信心，也找回做这个片子的初衷，让更多的人了解留守儿童，关注和关爱留守儿童。
　　2014年02月完成最后版本的后期制作，跟拍六年（2009-2014），也想通过巡展，让更多的人了解和关注留守儿童，所以从2013年底就开始筹备2014年03-05月，在广州、深圳、长沙、武汉、南京、上海、天津、北京等主要城市巡展，呼吁更多人关注和关爱全国6100万留守儿童。

　　　
　　 蒋能杰 2014年03月 于湖南

　　
Statement from the Director of Left-behind dreams
　　This is the sequel of my first movie The Road. In fact, I began the film editing as early as late 2011.But, due to the equipment issues and some personal stuff, the editing was stuck. Then I was forced to drop it. I came back to the village, spent a lot of time shooting their daily lives and did some film editing during my spare time. Because I’m so concerned with the children’s situation and I can’t just let it go, I went back to the village again and again.
　　Of course, from the very beginning, I kept thinking and asking myself why I bothered sacrifice everything in my life for this video. What’s the point? What can I possibly change? I’m afraid the answer is Nothing.
　　As more people saw the documentary The Road online and offline, and thanks to the reports of some kindly media, for the children, there were some material improvements indeed. But nothing can make up to the absence of their parents. There were still so many tough moments to face, so many hard questions to conquer, even harder. When asking the children about their dreams ,one would probably get the same old answer, working.
　　Later on, I got some financial support from various websites. And I nearly finished the film editing at the April of 2013.Then I just let it lying there. I could not tell the exact reason why I did not dare to touch it .
　　I went to Guangzhou for my Left-behind Old Men show in June, 2013 and ran into a tutor from Guangzhou Academy of Arts. He encouraged and introduced me to the Frankfurt Film Festival. Also I’m much honored to get the chance to join in. This may be my first release aboard.
　　To cooperate with the broadcasting, I picked up the movie I had dropped for more than six months. When I was editing the trailer, it makes me fell different. Again, I regained my confidence and my original expectations. I want more people to know what’s going on with left-behind children, to pay some attention and to share some love.
　　　I finished filming the final version of the documentary in Feb. 2014. After continuous six year’s filming (2009-2014), I want to make a exhibition tour around the country with the purpose to attract attention to the situation of left-behind children. Therefore, from the end of 2013 on, I have making preparation for the exhibition which would be held in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing and other major cities during Mar. to May, 2014. Sincerely do I hope that the exhibition could call for more people to pay attention to 61 million left-behind children all over China and show their kindness to them.
　　
                                Nengjie Jiang ,March 2014, Hunan,China