Cinema as Foreign Exchange

This documentary shows how cinema has been used very differently in three neighbouring African countries with different colonial heritages: Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar. Mozambique used cinema newsreels as a crucial propaganda tool after the Portugese colonisers left. Madagascar boycotted US movies, so its screens were dominated by French, Indian and Hong Kong films instead. But a few films managed to get made. The situation in Zimbabwe was the worst, except that alone of the three countries it possessed an efficient film laboratory.

Genre:

Documentary, History

Duration:

61 min

Cast:

Karen Archer, Stephen Chigorimbo, Wilson Katiyo

Quality:

HD

Director:

Simon Hartog

Release:

1984

Country:

United Kingdom

Rating:

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