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Italian Magazine Features Open Air Cinema's Outdoor Movies in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
In a recent issue of the Italian magazine,
D la Repubblica delle Donne , Open Air Cinema's inflatable movie screens were featured in a special African spread. Open Air Cinema's past work bringing outdoor movies to refugee camps in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda caught the magazine's eye. As mentioned in the article, Open Air Cinema's inflatable screens will be used in Rwanda's Outdoor Film Festival, "Hillywood". In rural regions of Africa, where a whole village shares one old TV, movies and Public Service media are rare. Open Air Cinema traveled to Africa to bring film entertainment and also educational media to these rural areas. You can read the blog post about Open Air Cinema's outdoor movies in Africa
here . The following is the article from the Italian magazine,
D la Repubblica delle Donne .
Dopo i pop up store, i pop up cinema. La compagnia americana Open Air Cinema fornisce tutto l'occorrente nella formula dei "CineBox": uno schermo gonfiabile da dodici metri, generatori, proiettori digitali, lettori dvd, altoparlanti e custodie per il trasporto. "E dal momento che possono essere installati ovunque, perchГ© non cominciare dalle zone piГ№ remote dell'Africa, con l'aiuto delle Ong, per unire l'intrattenimento all'informazione su temi come l'Aids o i diritti delle donne", ha pensato il presidente Stuart Farmer. "GiГ usati nei campi profughi di Kenya, Tanzania e Uganda, gli schermi gonfiabili saranno installati a giugno a "Hillywood", il festival di cinema itinerante del Ruanda (openaircinema.us).
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After the pop up store, the movies pop up. The American company Open Air Cinema provides everything you need in the form of theВ "CineBox": an inflatable screen twelve meters in dimension, generators, digital projectors, DVD players, speakers and boxes for transport. "And since they can be installed anywhere, we can take them to the most remote areas of Africa, with the help of NGOs; joining entertainment with information on topics such as AIDS or the rights of women," he thought President Stuart Farmer. "Already in use in the refugee camps of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, inflatable screens will be installed in June at "Hillywood", the film festival touring Rwanda (openaircinema.us).
Source: "Life e Tendenze" by Stefania Medetti -D la Repubblica della Donne. Read full (Italian) article at: http://dweb.repubblica.it/dweb/2009/02/21/lifeetendenze/lifeetendenze/058lab63458.html .
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In a recent issue of the Italian magazine, D la Repubblica delle Donne, Open Air Cinema's inflatable movie screens were featured in a special African spread. Open Air Cinema's past work bringing outdoor movies to refugee camps in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda caught the magazine's eye. As mentioned in the article, Open Air Cinema's inflatable screens will be used in Rwanda's Outdoor Film Festival, "Hillywood". In rural regions of Africa, where a whole village shares one old TV, movies and Public Service media are rare. Open Air Cinema traveled to Africa to bring film entertainment and also educational media to these rural areas. You can read the blog post about Open Air Cinema's outdoor movies in Africa here. The following is the article from the Italian magazine, D la Repubblica delle Donne.
Dopo i pop up store, i pop up cinema. La compagnia americana Open Air Cinema fornisce tutto l'occorrente nella formula dei "CineBox": uno schermo gonfiabile da dodici metri, generatori, proiettori digitali, lettori dvd, altoparlanti e custodie per il trasporto. "E dal momento che possono essere installati ovunque, perchГ© non cominciare dalle zone piГ№ remote dell'Africa, con l'aiuto delle Ong, per unire l'intrattenimento all'informazione su temi come l'Aids o i diritti delle donne", ha pensato il presidente Stuart Farmer. "GiГ usati nei campi profughi di Kenya, Tanzania e Uganda, gli schermi gonfiabili saranno installati a giugno a "Hillywood", il festival di cinema itinerante del Ruanda (openaircinema.us).
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After the pop up store, the movies pop up. The American company Open Air Cinema provides everything you need in the form of theВ "CineBox": an inflatable screen twelve meters in dimension, generators, digital projectors, DVD players, speakers and boxes for transport. "And since they can be installed anywhere, we can take them to the most remote areas of Africa, with the help of NGOs; joining entertainment with information on topics such as AIDS or the rights of women," he thought President Stuart Farmer. "Already in use in the refugee camps of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, inflatable screens will be installed in June at "Hillywood", the film festival touring Rwanda (openaircinema.us).
Source: "Life e Tendenze" by Stefania Medetti -D la Repubblica della Donne. Read full (Italian) article at: http://dweb.repubblica.it/dweb/2009/02/21/lifeetendenze/lifeetendenze/058lab63458.html.