ABSTRACT
The last decade has seen multiple advancements in film studies that have resulted in a significant expansion, both in terms of theoretical approaches and geographical coverage. The continuous debate on transnationalism has also given rise to a renewed attention to how film, in general, not only easily cuts across various borders, but also how its production often depends on drawing resources from variety of countries. Sound more often than not still tends to be left out of many discussions of film, not only because of an overriding primacy of the visual but also because of a still influential inflection on narrative elements, stemming, in part, from the interaction between literary and film studies. Pedro Pimenta is one of the most distinguished and recognizable names in Mozambican cinema. He started, and is responsible for, the important documentary film festival Dockanema and has been active in a variety of roles in the production and dissemination of films in various parts of Africa.
