US Premiere
Documentary Feature | USA | 2025 | English, Twi, Ga | 90 minutes
In his debut feature, two-time Academy Award®-winning director Ben Proudfoot and executive producers Michelle and Barack Obama dazzle with a cinematic message about the essential role of filmmaking in protecting a healthy democracy. When Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first democratically elected leader, was overthrown in a military coup in 1966, all film records of his leadership were destroyed. Now, his 93-year-old personal cinematographer Chris Hesse reveals a decades-long secret: he covertly preserved film negatives of Nkrumah that document his monumental influence on Africa’s post-colonial history. Uplifting and timely, THE EYES OF GHANA features thrilling anecdotes alongside remarkable previously lost footage of Nkrumah with notable world leaders.
A Q&A with the filmmakers, including director Ben Proudfoot, is expected to follow the screening on October 4.
(All talent attendance subject to change.)
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In-Person
East Hampton Regal UA
Oct 04
Oct 11
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