Cinemovel is screening Oscar-nominated Io Capitano to packed houses around the country, highlighting the perils migrants face on the journey to Europe At 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. Pikines cultural centre was the first stop for Cinemovel, a travelling cinema that is showing in the streets and villages of Senegal. It is part of an initiative run by the , an Italian group that has been bringing a touring cinema to remote parts of Africa since 2001.
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