Cinema as Foreign Exchange (1984)

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 (10)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

K

Karen Archer

Narrator

Stephen Chigorimbo

W

Wilson Katiyo

C

Claude Marezda

J

Jean-Claude Rahaga

J

Jeannot Rarojo

I

Ignace Solo Randrasana

B

Benoît Ramampy

S

Samuel Matola

P

Pedro Pimenta

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