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Cinema as Foreign Exchange (1984)

Documentary,History

61 minutos

Documentary,History

61 minutos

Director: Simon Hartog

Reparto: Karen Archer,Stephen Chigorimbo,Wilson Katiyo,Claude Marezda,Jean-Claude Rahaga,Jeannot Rarojo,Ignace Solo Randrasana,Benoît Ramampy,Samuel Matola,Pedro Pimenta,

Fecha de Estreno: 1984-06-06

Sinopsis

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.