During the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian artists created vibrant hand-painted movie posters to promote Hollywood blockbuster films. These posters served as promotional material for mobile cinemas that ...

Mobile cinema businesses became wildly popular in Ghana in the 1980s and 1990s. As a way to attract viewers, proprietors commissioned local artists to paint film posters with creative license. Twitter ...

Will the wonders of the internet never cease? When I was a kid in London in the early ’00s, I was lucky enough to experience great cinema from around the world. I had a particular fondness for some of ...

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 ...

FILM SAFARI GHANA explores Australian critic and filmmaker Andrew Leavold’s obsession with the work of Ghanaian action movie sensation Samuel “Ninja” Nkansah. Journeying to Kumasi to meet his hero, ...

Depending on who you ask, Kwame Nkrumah is either a hero tragically robbed of the opportunity to see his visions materialize or a narcissistic would-be dictator. The first prime minister and president ...

Two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot shines a light on Chris Hesse, a very energetic 90-year-old who filmed all of Ghana's most important historical events. Depending on who you ask, Kwame Nkrumah is ...