“Maineland”- Not mainstream [MOVIE REVIEW]
Stella Xinyi Zhu in “Maineland,” directed by Miao Wang. “Maineland” is a thoughtful documentary by Miao Wang that is intended to shed light on the trend of newly wealthy mainland Chinese parents sending their high school-aged children to the United States for an education that will prepare them for the global economy. Several factors, whether or not intended, complicate this rather lofty goal. Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine has a decided financial interest in assisting the aspirations of these families. Boarding schools like the Fryeburg Academy are a dying breed both because of the enormous expense of housing and teaching live-in students and because of the diminishing population of American families desiring such accommodations. Fryeburg always actively recruited wealthy foreign students, especially from Asia, tapping into a significant population of Japanese students. But recognizing the rapid growth of Chinese families wanting to send their children to the United States, Fryeburg began a proactive recruiting process that involved going to various Chinese urban locations and selling their service and especially their history as one of the oldest private schools in America…
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