Love of cinema is but a modern, visual incarnation and continuation of this well-established tradition.
The earliest forms of public film display in Djibouti were in French.
In the 1920s, the first local movie theaters opened, during a time when Djibouti City was growing in size.
[1] Film theaters became a place where local residents could watch movies in a relaxed atmosphere.
[2] Following independence in 1977, a growing number of government-owned production and distribution companies as well as actual projection theaters sprang up.