(HBO) – Amid the current information explosion and the rise of the media, entertainment, and social networks, not many people remember the film screening team at a time when TV sets were unavailable. Over the past years, film screening teams have worked to perform the political task of improving spiritual and intellectual lives in remote, mountainous and especially disadvantaged areas.


\Photo: A movie screening session of the team No.1 (the provincial Centre on Culture-Cinema) in Nang hamlet, Quyet Thang commune, Lac Son district in 2020

The movie screening team No.1 under the provincial Centre on Culture-Cinema was honoured by the Steering Committee for Awards on popularisation of literature, arts and journalism themed "Studying and following thought, moral virtues and lifestyle of President Ho Chi Minh” for its outstanding achievements for the 2018-2020 period. Bach Thanh Tinh, an official from the team said at this time, movies marking Day of Invalids and Martyrs will be screened. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plan has been cancelled.

In January 2019, the provincial Centre on Culture-Cinema was established with the task of screening films and bringing culture, artworks and films to residents in remote, mountainous and ethnic minority areas to disseminate the Party and State’s guidelines and policies to people, contributing to improving intellectual standards, reducing poverty, and building a healthy cultural environment, and for the sake of political stability, socio-economic development and national defence-security maintenance.

In early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, there were only 216 film screening sessions serving 12,390 audiences, mostly history films and documentaries about life and career of President Ho Chi Minh, and war-themed films released by the Vietnam Cinema Department. The team also worked with departments, agencies and localities to disseminate laws, prevent social vices, encourage agriculture and forestry, raise public awareness of new rural development, and honour outstanding people and good deeds.

Deputy Director of the centre Do Quoc Cuong said despite hard working conditions and limited income, members of the team always encourage each other to uphold the sense of responsibility and fulfill assigned tasks./.

 


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