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Cinema as Foreign Exchange

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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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English

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Director

Simon Hartog

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United Kingdom

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical6 Jun 1984

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Cinema as Foreign Exchange was released on 6 June 1984.

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