Cinema as Foreign Exchange

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.

Cast

Karen Archer

Narrator

Stephen Chigorimbo

Wilson Katiyo

Claude Marezda

Jean-Claude Rahaga

Jeannot Rarojo

Ignace Solo Randrasana

Benoît Ramampy

Samuel Matola

Pedro Pimenta