Zsófi (Dóra Gáspárvalvi) is a new student very excited about joining the school's prestigious choir, until the teacher (Zsófia Szomsi) pulls her aside and tells her that her singing isn't good enough and she should just mouth the words. Zsófi's best friend, Liza (Dorottya Hais), notices the change and confronts the teacher, finding out that fully half the choir has been instructed not to sing. On the day of the national competition, the children make their voices heard.
I'm conflicted here. On the one hand, fuck that teacher for being a condescending, gatekeeping bitch and yay to those kids for understanding collective action, but on the other hand, choir is a competition. A lot of them have actual auditions before you can get a slot, even in school. Is it more or less cruel to tell a kid they're not good enough and can't join, or let them in so they can pretend? I don't know. I guess it depends on the kid.
But seriously, fuck that teacher. Also, as a kid who was in school choir, we were told that judges could hear if people weren't singing, but also that if we forgot the words we should sing the word watermelon instead.
It's streaming on Kanopy and it's less than half an hour long.
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