Movie Description
Cinema as Foreign Exchange
(1984)Overview
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.
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Facts
Original TitleCinema as Foreign Exchange
Status Released
Release Information
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1984-06-06
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 01m
Production CompaniesChannel 4 Television
Genres
- Documentary
- History
