According to the Vietnam News Agency, “An international film festival entitled “Tales of the City” will be held in Hanoi from now until the end of the month.” The festival is said to showcase 10 provoking films. These films were made up in the U.S., Spain and the UK about urbanization. Among the films being showcased are Boomsville, Dark Days, Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexico’s, Salaam Bobbay, La Sierra and Tsotsi. Along with these films being shown are two Vietnamese films, Dreaming of Being a Worker by director Tran Phuong Thao and Green Meadow by director Phan Y Ly.
The films being shown depict an overall view of urbanization, urban zoning and the effect of urban policies on cities. Several of these films concentrate on the social changes residents face due to urbanization and industrialization. These films were organized in response to the UNFPA’s World Population 2007 report. This report stressed over the rapid rate of population growth in the world, especially in Asia and Africa. These films hope to help establish fair urban zoning in order to meet future population growth. This growth is said to exceed more than half of the globe’s population living in urban areas by next year.
The films will be shown in original languages, and a few will be followed by discussion with speakers sharing their thoughts and expertise on urbanization.
I really like this article because it shows the city’s leaders incorporating the public in their efforts to tame urbanization. I think the public should be involved because it is going to effect there lives in many different ways, and they should know what to expect and how to make the impact positive.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2007/11/756982/
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