Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Customers gather outside Ciné-Oubri, the main venue during FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. Ciné-Oubri can seat several hundred people. Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Etienne, the cashier at Ciné-Oubri, mans the box office. Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. Ciné-Oubri is the main venue during FESPACO and can seat several hundred people. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

A screening gets underway at Ciné-Oubri. Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. Ciné-Oubri is the main venue during FESPACO and can seat several hundred people. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Two boys take an illicit peek through a crack in the door of a suburban cinema. Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

Open-air cinemas are a heritage of a once-flourishing film culture. The ten cinemas, all built to the same model but in different parts of the city, are venues for FESPACO, an African festival of arts and film. But the advent of 'Videodromes', halls equipped with DVD players and televisions screening American action movies, are posing a threat to the open-air cinemas. The cinemas are not economically viable, and are too expensive for the state to maintain, so the World Bank is pressing for their privatization.

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