Zanzibar's Majestic, the last cinema standing (feat. Nick Broomfield)
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A Brief History of the Film Industry in Zanzibar
In the 19 twenties, jadualla had something built in zanzibar. The first picture palace sat 800 people and was one of the grandest stone buildings in town. People would line up and literally fight to get a place in the ticket line to get tickets. By the early fifties, there were three movie palaces inZanzibar city,. Three more on the neighboring island of pemba, and dozens on the tanganikan mainland. Many of them arguably the most luxurious and high tec places the audience had ever seen.
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