Movie posters are usually meant to give audiences a glimpse of what a film is actually about. But in Ghana, a completely different and wonderfully imaginative tradition took shape – one where ...
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'The Eyes of Ghana' Review: Ben Proudfoot's Documentary Charts Forgotten Legacy of African Cinema
"Don't be afraid. Keep on filming." The African country of Ghana has a rich history in the cinematic arts. Nonagenarian filmmaker Chris Hesse knows this more than anyone on the planet. Through his ...
Reviewed by Amy L. Powell in African arts (Los Angeles) 47 (3) autumn 2014, pages 93-95 (N1.A258 AFA). AFA copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Introduction: African ...
93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,300 films that ...
Two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot returned to his native Canada last week to debut his latest documentary, "The Eyes of Ghana," a powerful feature about the African country's buried cinema history ...
“The Eyes of Ghana” makes a rather literal start to its story. The first frame of the film is of its protagonist’s eyes. He’s Chris Hesse, a Ghanaian filmmaker in his 90s. He’s seen getting his eyes ...
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