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 captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties. Yet unseen by the public, these films may not only rewrite Ghanaian and African history—but world history itself.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Breakwater Studios, Higher Ground
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Top Cast
Kwame Nkrumah as Self (archive footage)
Emund Addo as Self
Chris Hesse as Self
Anita Afonu as Self
Top Crew
Ben Proudfoot · Director
Kris Bowers · Composer
Nana Adwoa Frimpong · Producer
Anita Afonu · Producer
Barack Obama · Executive Producer
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