The whiz of bullets overhead had barely died down when the boys of Bunia went to the movies. Dozens of little boys, teenage boys and bored young men packed into a dark sweaty room, sat on its window ledges and stood in its narrow doorway, all to watch Congolese music videos and one shoot-’em-up movie after another. Dueling ethnic militias may have turned Bunia into a war zone. Most shops in the main market are gutted. Hairdressers, butchers, the town’s only Internet cafe — all remain shuttered. But the town’s movie theaters are open and alive. Kung-fu pictures are among their most popular features, as are any movies starring Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan or Arnold Schwarzenegger. At the Cinéma Usu-Usu today, a stone’s throw from the United Nations office responsible for peacekeeping operations here, “Mortal Kombat” was the afternoon feature. Full Story
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