​Please join us for a screening of Fen(Points), a documentary film that focuses on the challenges faced by children of migrant workers in accessing education. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Director JIANG Nengjie and Christine CHOY, Professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. This event is co-hosted by NYU Shanghai, NYU Tisch, and the Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon.

The event will be held in Room 202, located on the second floor of 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY. We hope to see you there!

​Schedule

• ​2:30pm — Doors Open

• ​3:00–3:10 — Opening Remarks and Introductions

• ​3:10–4:30 — Screening

• ​4:30–5:20 — Comments from the Director JIANG Nengjie and Professor Christine CHOY, followed by a bilingual Q&A

• ​5:20–5:30 — Closing Remarks

​​About the Film

​Fen(Points) follows the everyday lives of Li and Lianzi, a married couple who have worked as migrant laborers in a Chinese megacity for over twenty years. Without local household registration (hukou), their teenage son, Manshan, faces intense pressure as he prepares for high school entrance exams, while their younger son—left behind in their rural hometown—has been raised by his grandmother. Hoping for family reunion, Li and Lianzi apply for local hukou through the city’s point-based residency system. Yet without enough points, Manshan may be denied access to public high school, and their younger son may never join them. The title Fen (分) evokes multiple meanings: the points needed to secure residency, the scores determining school admission, and the separations—emotional and physical—that define the family’s struggle.

​​Visitor Information

​​Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions and a campus map. Advance registration through Luma is required for campus access at NYU for external guests. Attendees who are not current students, faculty, or staff at NYU, including alumni, are asked to register using a personal email address.