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HAITI / IDP CAMP CINEMA

Haiti's main film producer and director along with MINUSTAH set up a movie screen in a tented camp in Port-au- Prince so that earthquake survivors can enjoy films and music. MINUSTAH

Duration:02:26Date:09 March 2010

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HUMANITARIAN AID AND RELIEF, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC, COMMUNICATION AND MASS MEDIA, HAITI, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

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STORY: HAITI / IDP CAMP CINEMA 
TRT:  2.26 
SOURCE: MINUSTAH 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: CREOLE/ ENGLISH/ NATS 
DATELINE: 08 MARCH 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI 
  
SHOTLIST: 
  
08 MARCH 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI 
  
1.    Med Shot, men installing screen
2.    Wide shot, people standing onto mounted screen in Petionville Golf Club settlement
3.    Med shot, amputee boy with clusters
4.    Wide shot screen with amputee and shelters in the back
5.    Med shot, technicians installing sound system
6.    Close-up, video projector being installed onto technician
7.    Wide shot, shelters in settlement
8.    Wide shot, skyline of settlement with port in the back
9.    Med shot, people and children in settlement
10. Wide shot, kite in the sky onto children playing
11. Wide shot, film projected in the night onto children watching
12. Med shot, smiling children watching musical clip
13. Close-up, screen showing “TELEMOBIL” jingle, then sensitization film
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Ziebell, Communication Violence Reduction officer, United Nations Mission in Haiti:
“You know one it’s just a basic service to communities that have been displaced. We provide some entertainment, a little bit of relief and respect in one of very difficult times. But also we see it as conflict mitigation strategy, which is to ease tension within the camp to create a bridge between the IDPs and MINUSTAH and to facilitate dialogue when ad if it needs to happen.”
15. Wide shot, children watching film
16. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jacques Roc, Movie producer and director:
”It’s working really well. There is no more movie theater in Haiti and even if there were some, many people couldn’t afford to pay the 20 Haitian $ (3US$) entrance ticket. The idea is to project free films. You give them fee entertainment. Because they have no TV, no electricity. It is a social relief. If you think about it, that’s what it is: a social relief."
17. Med shot, woman next to a makeshift lamp in the dark
18. Wide shot, people watching film onto screen
19. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Louis Joseph, Father living in the camp:
“It’s good. Really good. When I come here I am watching films that I enjoy and this helps me getting rid of some stress. It liberates your mind.”
20. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Alma Ketia, Girl living in the camp:
“This is entertaining for children, but also for adults.”
21. Wide shot people passing by in the dark with screen in the back
 
STORYLINE:

The population of Port au Prince is already struggling to find food. So watching a movie has become a luxury in the Haitian capital severely hit by the strong earthquake on 12 January. 
 
In a settlement, everything needs some organization, particularly when it comes to entertainment.
 
Since 8 March, internally displaced people can now enjoy free music and cinema in this settlement at the Petionville Golf Club in Port au Prince.
 
More than 40 000 people are living in Petionville Golf Club, now transformed into the city's biggest settlement.
 
Living conditions are difficult here and while their parents are busy looking for a job or food and water, numerous children are in need any kind of distraction. At dawn, security is scarce.
 
But when the night comes, lights of projectors become magical. 
 
The United Nations (UN) Mission in Haiti's (MINUSTAH) Community violence Reduction section is using this attractive tool to try and diffuse messages of relief and unity.
 
SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Ziebell, Communication Violence Reduction officer, UN Mission in Haiti: 
“You know one it’s just a basic service to communities that have been displaced. We provide some entertainment, a little bit of relief and respect in one of very difficult times. But also we see it as conflict mitigation strategy, which is to ease tension within the camp to create a bridge between the IDPs and MINUSTAH and to facilitate dialogue when ad if it needs to happen.”
 
Projections are taking place four nights a week, and in four settlements of the capital. This joint project called TELE MOBIL is a partnership between Renaissance Production and MINUSTAH. Throughout the night, people can enjoy a variety of musical clips, feature films, Public Service Announcements and Haitian fiction films.
 
Jacques Roc, a famous film producer and director, owns most of the projected films and has been working on this project for about ten years.
 
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jacques Roc, Movie Producer and Director:
”It’s working really well. There is no more movie theater in Haiti and even if there were some, many people couldn’t afford to pay the 20 Haitian $ (3US$) entrance ticket. The idea is to project free films. You give them fee entertainment.Because they have no TV, no electricity. It is a social relief. If you think about it, that’s what it is: a social relief."
 
Tonight (8 March) the focus is on women’s issues in celebration of International Women’s Day. A program welcomed by everyone.
 
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Louis Joseph, Father of living in the camp:
“It’s good. Really good. When I come here I am watching films that I enjoy and this helps me getting rid of some stress. It liberates your mind.”
 
Alma Ketia is living in the camp with her parents and two little brothers.
 
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Alma Ketia, Girl, IDP: 
“This is entertaining for children, but also for adults.”
 
TELE MOBIL is expected to last for another three and a half months.

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