Nadine Otsobogo gives these reflections about what motivated her to create the festival:

I created this festival because I love cinema. I say I "I" but we are an association. The Masuku Festival has as objective to provide "culture for everyone". First of all because we love cinema, and also Gabon has a 50-year history of cinema but only one festival, the Escales Documentaire of Libreville. However, the documentary films are only seen in the capital, in Libreville.

Gabon, as other countries in Africa, no longer has cinema houses. It is up to us to create the venues to share our art. To make films is good, but what is the interest of it, if our friends, relatives, neighbours do not see them?


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