Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Cinema as Foreign Exchange
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
Where to watch free (US)
No free providers found in US.
Production Companies
Channel 4 Television