#In Major Reversal, Gulf Moviegoers Are Now Traveling to Saudi Arabia to Watch Films Banned at Home
In his 2006 documentary Cinema 500km, Saudi filmmaker Abdullah Al Eyaf detailed how Saudis who wanted to visit the cinema had to travel to neighbouring countries to do so, following a man in Riyadh as he made the 500km journey to Bahrain to watch just one film. In Bahrain — just a short drive over…