Chinese rural film projectionist's 48-year passion for his career

STORY: Chinese rural film projectionist's 48-year passion for his career SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 6, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: CONGHUA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Huang Shuhui 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG SHUHUI, Movie projectionist 3. various of Huang's movie projection team 4. various of Huang and his son 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JIAHONG, Son of Huang Shuhui 6. various of Huang's film museum STORYLINE: Huang Shuhui, who has been dedicated to the film projection industry since graduating from junior high school, is one of the first rural film projectionists in the Conghua District of south China's Guangzhou City. Over the past 48 years, he has worked diligently in his post, often traveling between different places in the province, to show the film to people in rural areas. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG SHUHUI, Movie projectionist "There could be ten to twenty thousand, or even tens of thousands of people in a town. It was a great honor for me to bec

Pursuing the light: A film projectionist's dream

STORY: Pursuing the light: A film projectionist's dream DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:41 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG MINGJIN, A non-profit film projectionist 2. various of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture STORYLINE: Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan, China SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG MINGJIN, A non-profit film projectionist "My name is Yang Mingjin, 45 years old. I'm a tire store owner, but I prefer my other identity, a non-profit film projectionist. In the daytime, I repair tires in my store, and at night I go to the villages in the mountains to project movies for free. This is what I do every day for half of the year. Nujiang has very high mountains, and darkness falls earlier than outside. It's very quiet in the mountains, and it's also very boring. So at night, there would be a crowd of people waiting for me to screen a movie. When I was seven years old, my best friend told me that he wanted to become a scientist when he grew up. Wh

MOBILE CINEMA VAN interior showing Bell and Howell 601 Model

MOBILE CINEMA VAN interior showing Bell and Howell 601 Model

MOBILE CINEMA VAN interior showing Bell and Howell 601 Model 16mm projector showing into a 45 degree angle mirror which projects on to a back projection screen at the rear of the van. A projectionist's seat, control desk, record player and film rewinder are also seen.