Film
Cinema as Foreign Exchange
1984 · 1h 1m · Documentary · History
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Overview
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.
Cast
Karen Archer
Narrator
Stephen Chigorimbo
Wilson Katiyo
Claude Marezda
Jean-Claude Rahaga
Jeannot Rarojo
Ignace Solo Randrasana
Benoît Ramampy
Samuel Matola
Pedro Pimenta
Crew
- Simon HartogDirector · Producer
Details
- Release date
- June 6, 1984
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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