'Black Panther' Expected To Formally Break Saudis' 35-Year Cinema Ban
Roughly two-thirds of the conservative kingdom's population has likely never seen a film in a commercial theater. That's set to change — and Black Panther is expected to get the inaugural showing.
by Colin Dwyer
Apr 05, 2018
2 minutes
The last time Saudis could walk into a commercial movie theater, buy a bucket of popcorn and settle in for a silver-screen spectacle, that film may well have been . Or , maybe â or ? The point is, it's been an awfully long time since Saudi Arabia's ban on public cinemas took effect.
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