Moving pictures: travelling cinema takes stories of ‘departures and dreams’ to Senegal

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Moving pictures: travelling cinema takes stories of ‘departures and dreams’ to Senegal

Cinemovel is screening Oscar-nominated Io Capitano to packed houses around the country, highlighting the perils migrants face on the journey to EuropeAt about 1pm on Monday a 35-seater bus arrived in Pikine, a city east of the Senegalese capital, Dakar. A portable screen, projector, sound system and generator were unpacked to set up a temporary cinema in a lively neighbourhood where the scent of hibiscus and orange blossom fill the air.Pikine’s …