(Cinema as Foreign Exchange)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary,

History

Runtime:

61 minutes

Year:

1984

Directors:

Simon Hartog

Production companies:

Channel 4 Television

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Director

Producer