Tripoli once had more than 20 movie theatres but now has none
Libyan filmmaker. Photo: AFP
Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For the filmmaker, it is one way to overcome the obstacles he faces in a country where cinema once nearly vanished.
Before a 1969 coup that brought Moamer Kadhafi to power, Libya's capital Tripoli was home to more than 20 movie theatres.
"Today we have none," Zabtia told AFP.
Kadhafi was overthrown and killed in 2011, and though the censorship of his era has declined, its
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