- Title: Movie by bus, Gaza's new mobile cinema experience
- Date: 25th August 2021
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 19, 2021) (REUTERS) MAN GETTING OUT OF MOBILE CINEMA BUS SIGN READING (English / Arabic): "CINEMA BUS" VARIOUS OF MAN SANITIZING CHILDREN'S HANDS BEFORE THEY ENTER MOBILE CINEMA BUS CHILDREN WATCHING MOVIE INSIDE BUS WHILE WOMEN DISTRIBUTE POPCORN TO CHILDREN VARIOUS OF CHILDREN SEATED IN BUS WATCHING MOVIE BOY EATING POPCORN VARIOUS OF VIEW OF CHILDREN WATCHING MOVIE INSIDE BUS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) 11-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN CHILD FROM GAZA, LAYAN SAFI, SAYING: "The movie was really nice and it is the first time I watch a movie in a bus. I really liked the movie, it was really nice, it had nice adventures in it." VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE WATCHING MOVIE INSIDE BUS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROJECT COORDINATOR OF 'MOBILE CINEMA BUS', MAHMOUD AL-HERBAWI, SAYING: "'Cinema Bus' has an indoor screen and an outdoor screen. Indoor screenings can accommodate 60 people, (we target) children, youth, and adults. It can also accommodate up to three people with mobility impairment, so a total 63 people can watch a movie inside 'Cinema Bus'."
- Embargoed: 8th September 2021 09:36
- Keywords: Bus Gaza Gaza City Mobile Cinema Palestinians
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA002ERS3UC9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Seated in Gaza's new mobile cinema, a group of young Palestinians are munching popcorn while enjoying a cartoon, a rare experience for the children in the enclave.
Equipped with solar panels, a chairlift for the mobility impaired and with a capacity for over 60 people, the 'Cinema Bus' recently took the the roads in Gaza to revive the spirit of the big screen among its young population.
While cinemas flourished in Gaza in the 1950s, they were torched in 1987 when the first Palestinian uprising errupted.
They were restored and reopened afterwards, but only to be set on fire again a few years later, in 1996, amid a new wave of political tension.
Gaza residents, with little opportunities to leave the enclave, have since had to enjoy films from home.
"This is the first time I watch a movie in such a cinema, a movie about love and caring about oneself," 13-year-old Gaza resident, Jaser Hasoneh said, after attending a packed outdoor screening in Gaza city.
To reach larger audiences, the 'Cinema Bus' contains the necessary equipment to offer outdoors screening to up to 500 people.
The initiative, funded by the European Union and launched by the local 'Save Youth Future society', offers a selection of films meant to promote the values of peace, tolerance and non-violence, according to project coordinator Mahmoud al-Hebrbawi.
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