The Hmong movie industry has been on a verge of stagnant, or better yet decline since portrayal nowadays seems to mimic the ones before. The main culprits are narrowed down to the lack of creativity in the storyline, in addition to the feeble acting abilities—in casting a relative or friend in a role rather than someone who has the talent. In any case, a lot of these Hmong movies seem to be an “on a whim” kind of deal in its production, which ultimately leads to a disastrous movie in the end.

Although contrary to above, many may say that there’s resurgence in the Hmong movie industry that has gradually, at a snail’s pace, been getting better than its earlier predecessors that has besiege the industry before it. While one can take a stance at Devil’s advocate by arguing that it has become better due to the newer generation incorporating CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery), in addition to the newer generation giving a new perspective to the storytelling. For example, KVT LP production in their remake of “Zeb & Sua” in the modern day setting to another production company called Hmong Action Entertainment in their upbeat choreographed kung-fu scenes in the epic love and betrayal movie “Hwjchim Txiav Kevhlub” most comparable to the “Matrix” choreographed fighting scenes.

With this being said, an organization has been established solely for the purpose of perfecting, as well as helping out the Hmong movie industry in recognizing individual leaders in the industry. Their goal is to set a standard in the consistency for better qualities in the production of movie making, to impact the urgency of structural outlines of plots to a storyline in a movie, and lastly, to the casting roles/leads of a movie. Their goal is simply to make the industry enhance the Hmong movies experience by conforming to an even keel, so to speak, similar to MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) as to the United States, to where HIFO (Hmong International Filmmakers Organization) is to us, the Hmongs.

To gain reverence in their peers and the industry, HIFO launched an all purpose marketing campaign that led us, at Hmoodle.com to attend their event on Saturday the 18th of April at Buasavanh Hall in Brooklyn Park, MN. This is a communal conference to introduce their initiatives and where they’d like the Hmong film industry to be in the future; to gain conformity as a goal and for the better of the Hmong movie industry.

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