Project of Ciné Soudan in Bamako (Mali).   @atelier d'architecture Lalo

There are only about twenty cinemas in French speaking sub-Saharan Africa, and yet there is growing public demand for films. African viewers flock together in huge numbers to watch shared public televisions or to catch a rare viewing of an open air film when one passes through the town. Without a local cinema, the public is denied access to African and World films and also to its own visual image and is cut off from the knowledge of others. Without a local cinema, the African film market is considerably restricted.