How grassroots video is building a film industry in Zimbabwe
THERE is a general perception that there is no film industry to talk about in Zimbabwe. This argument is mostly based on comparisons with other well-resourced film economies, such as Hollywood, or even South Africa’s. OSWELLED UREKE, Midlands State University Based on my study of the Zimbabwean film industry I disagree with this view. Zimbabwe does have a film industry, but perhaps, not one that meets everyone’s expectations and certainly not one that can be comparable to Hollywood’s formal value chain. Zimbabwe, like many other developing countries, faces political and economic challenges and the film industry’s problems are compounded by…