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The History of Kuwaiti Cinema from 1954 to the Present Day |
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| 1954 | ||||
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– The Al-Sharqiah cinema is the first to open in Kuwait. Seating 1,000 people, it is open-air during the summer and covered with tarpaulin in the winter. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1955 | ||||
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The first cinema in Kuwait City opens for business. [MORE] [ADD} |
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| 1972 | ||||
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– Khalid Al-Siddiq’s Bas ya Bahar (The Cruel Sea), Kuwait’s first (and, to date, only) film, is released. It tells the story of pearl divers in the years before oil was discovered in Kuwait. [MORE] [ADD] |