“…The result is an exceptional documentary film that provides insight into life in China away from the urban and industrial centers – a life between socialism and market economy in which the villages become the testing grounds for self-determination.…”

“…The Constitution does not guarantee political freedoms or a market economy, but it sets up institutions supposed to replace Tito. …”

“…This is a story of a battle - the battle between the propaganda type of economy and the free market economy, a battle between the ideological communist society and the enterpreneur spirit. …”

“…At the center of this moving group portrait is the captivating figure of Puujee, a young girl who becomes the film’s pivotal character, and whose destiny seems tied to the hundreds of thousands of agrarian Mongolians who have moved to cities to escape deprivation and the deleterious effects of the new market economy. Already adept at herding animals on horseback, six-year-old Puujee defies Sekino and his omnipresent camera, even though her family members welcome him. …”