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African cinemateque caravan makes a stop in Cameroon

France 24 · 14 days ago
France 24
France 24
14 days ago

Cameroon has been without cinema halls for years now. To bridge this gap and make African cinema available to all, the Cinémathèque Afrique deployed a caravan to screen a selection of iconic works from its about 1,500-movie catalog.

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  • A mobile cinema caravan screened classic African films in Dibombari, Cameroon.
  • The initiative aims to bridge the gap left by the closure of traditional cinemas. 52s
  • CAN organizes around 100 screenings per year in Cameroon, but organizers say more permanent venues are needed. 1m 10s
  • The Cinémathèque Afrique, run by the French Institute, supports the project and manages a catalog of about 1,800 African films. 1m 26s
  • The caravan visited Douala, Dibombari, and Kribi, aiming to make African cinema accessible to wider audiences. 1m 53s
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