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Students seek a place to watch their movies in Congo

Filmmaker Petna Ndaliko still remembers sneaking into the movie theater as a boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the wake of turbulence and civil war, the cinema in the city of Goma has long been closed. Now, Ndaliko is trying to bring the magic of movies back to his country through a film school and an annual arts festival. Contributing editor Soledad O’Brien reports.