Cinema as Foreign Exchange 1984 Directed by Simon Hartog
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.
Country
United Kingdom
Production Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Production Company
Channel 4 Television
Release Date 6 June 1984
61 mins
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