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Tales from cinemas across the world. Matthew Sweet visits the last cinema in Kashmir.

Tales from cinemas across the world. Matthew Sweet transports listeners to Srinagar where he tells the story of the last cinema in Kashmir.

Tales from cinemas across the world. Today Matthew Sweet transports listeners to Srinagar where he tells the story of the last cinema in Kashmir. 

In Central Srinagar, just opposite an auto repair shop is a faded 1960s building with a swooping green roof that curves like a scimitar. Armed guards stand sentry and there are sand bags and loops of razor wire. But this is not a government building. This is the Neelam Cinema, home of the last picture show in Kashmir.

Matthew meets a whole generation that is now growing up in Kashmir never having seen a film in a cinema.

Producers: Neil George.

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A series of short features transporting listeners into cinemas located around the world

A series of short features transporting listeners into cinemas located around the world, eavesdropping on their stories, their characters and occasionally trying the snacks

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