Africa's island region of Zanzibar used to be movie-crazy—but today just one cinema remains: The Majestic, a 1950s-era building with roots that go back even further.
Host Rico Gagliano speaks to folks around the world about the wild glory days of Zanzibar's cinema culture, why it's now on the brink of extinction...and then takes hope from an itinerant film programmer 6,000 miles away in Amsterdam. Featuring celebrated documentarian Nick Broomfield (Kurt & Courtney, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love).
The second season of the MUBI Podcast titled “Only in Theaters” tells surprising stories of individual cinemas that had huge impacts on film history, and in some cases, history in general.
Listen to episode 6 below or wherever you get your podcasts: