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Motion Cinemas general manager Celcius Allo at the Greenspan Cinema on February 2, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

When Crimson Multimedia opened Motion Cinemas in Greenspan Mall in Nairobi’s Donholm, they expected a good return on their investment. For a long time, movie theatres were concentrated in Nairobi’s Central Business District and upmarket estates, and by opening one in the heart of Eastlands, the investors were demystifying movie-going as a privilege of the wealthy.

“When we launched in November 2019, the turn was better than we had anticipated,” Mr Celcius Allo, the General Manager of Motion Cinemas says.

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