French Documentary Depicts Daily Life of Vietnam's Black Lo Lo Ethnic Group

An acclaimed French documentary will be screened in Hanoi for the first time tonight, featuring the daily life of the Black Lo Lo ethnic group in Vietnam's Cao Bang Province. The film Rendez-vous in an Unknown Region with Black Lo Lo People features the famous French rugby player Frederic Michalak, who lives with the Black Lo Lo people and discovers that they are "unique people who are fantastic and sentimental". He also learns about their tradition of planting rice that has been passed on for centuries. The film was shown on the France 2 channel in November last year and won praise from the public. It will be screened at 8pm tonight at the French Cultural Centre L'Espace at 24 Trang Tien Street. There are more than 3,000 Lo Lo people living in northeastern Viet Nam, about 30km away from the Chinese border. (Vietnam News May 04)