Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban

Updated April 19 2018 - 1:42pm, first published 1:36pm
Saudi Arabia has screened blockbuster 'Black Panther', ending a decades old ban on public cinema.
Saudi Arabia has screened blockbuster 'Black Panther', ending a decades old ban on public cinema.

Saudi Arabia has launched its first commercial movie theatre, ending a nearly 40-year ban on cinemas under a push by the crown prince to modernise the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.

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