Movie in Lom village
From afar, when seeing the vehicle of the Mobile Propaganda Film Screening Team (Cultural and Cinema Center of Quang Binh Province) gradually moving into Lom village, the people, young and old, were both curious and excited. Although they had heard the announcement that a unit would come to screen films , this was still new here.
Lom village is located close to the Vietnam - Laos border, in a remote area of Trong Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district. This place is mainly inhabited by the Chut ethnic group. The village still does not have national grid electricity, people use electricity from solar panels, and the phone signal is unstable.
The Lom Village Cultural House, where the film would be shown that night, had also been cleaned up by the locals. In front of that yard, the film projection team quickly unloaded the equipment from the truck to assemble it. From the speakers, the large projection screen, the HD movie projector and some necessary tools and machinery.
Preparations were completed early to have time for a test screening as well as to ensure adequate power so the film would run smoothly throughout the screening.
It was dark, people came to watch movies, the films captivated every eye. From feature films about Truong Son soldiers to documentaries...
Mr. Ho Xang - a resident of Lom village - shared: "Here, people work in the fields all day, so they come home early in the evening. Solar power is only enough to use the light bulbs in the house, so watching TV or the news is a "luxury". So now that there are movies on, we are very happy."
It was late at night, and people still seemed reluctant to go home. Tomorrow, the group would move to another village in the commune to continue showing the show to the people.
Nearly 500 film screenings per year
This is an activity that has been organized by the Quang Binh Province Cultural and Cinema Center for many years. Most of the locations where the Mobile Film Teams stop are remote villages and hamlets where people's lives still face many difficulties.
By bringing films to the village, it helps people have the opportunity to access and enjoy rich and diverse forms of spiritual culture. The content of the films shown will be entertainment products combined with propaganda of policies and guidelines to help people in mountainous and remote areas access information more effectively.
Deputy Director of Quang Binh Province’s Culture and Cinema Center Pham Xuan Sy said that each year, the Mobile Propaganda Film Screening Team serves nearly 500 screenings in localities in the province. Wherever they go, the team is warmly welcomed and loved by the people, which makes them more determined and motivated to bring films to the people.
"This encouragement helps the film team expand to many different remote villages. With each film that is broadcast, the radiance and smiles of the people help us feel the happiness. Hopefully, not just one, two or three villages, but all people who do not have access to the electricity grid will have the opportunity to watch more meaningful films" - Mr. Sy hopes.
