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.
Cast: Karen Archer, Stephen Chigorimbo, Wilson Katiyo
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Simon Hartog
- Producers
- Simon Hartog
- Cast
- Karen Archer, Stephen Chigorimbo, Wilson Katiyo, Claude Marezda, Jean-Claude Rahaga, Jeannot Rarojo
- Studio
- Channel 4 Television
