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

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Karen Archer

Narrator

Stephen Chigorimbo

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Wilson Katiyo

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Claude Marezda

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Jean-Claude Rahaga

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Jeannot Rarojo

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Ignace Solo Randrasana

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Benoît Ramampy

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Samuel Matola

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Pedro Pimenta