Cinema as Foreign Exchange
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Ignace Solo Randrasana · Samuel Matola · Karen Archer · Jean-Claude Rahaga · Wilson Katiyo · Claude Marezda · Jeannot Rarojo · Simon Hartog · Stephen Chigorimbo · Pedro Pimenta · Benoît Ramampy