Editing Maputo (section)

===Film and cinema===
Before television was introduced in 1981, film and cinema had a prominent position as a form of entertainment in the lives of Mozambicans especially in Maputo where there were at least a dozen movie theaters by the time of independence.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In the 1950s and 1960s, at the height of racial segregation, most of the movie-goers were either European whites or South Asians – each group having their own designated locale. Black Mozambicans, although more heavily discriminated against, also enjoyed movies in makeshift theatres, often in rooms temporarily converted to handle a projector, screen and chairs.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

For much of the late 1970s and 1980s, the local film industry was geared towards creating "home-made" productions depicting [[Socialist]] ideologies which placed great influence on the family unit, the non-commercialized production of agriculture and political autonomy. Maputo has been the setting for many [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] blockbuster movies such as ''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]'', ''[[Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond]]'' and ''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}