ReInventing Zimbabwe's Film Industry
The national arts council of Zimbabwe has begun the process of drafting a strategy for the Zimbabwe film sector, which is expected to revitalize and expand the sector, confirmed NACZ director Nicholas Moyo. In a statement from the council, “ The Film strategy follows the successful launch of the Zimbabwe Music Strategy on the 1 st of June 2022 and part of the NACZ vision of having different cultural and creative sector (CCS) strategies produced in the mold of the national and cultural and creative industries strategy (NCCIS) launched by the government in 2020.” The council seeks to make use of the expertise obtained by the team comprising stuff and CCS members while crafting the Music strategy to develop the Film strategy. There are also hopes that these expects would do the same for visual, literally and other sectors as well. “Film and television have become the second sector to have a strategy developed following the realization that the production and distribution of film and...