Two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot shines a light on Chris Hesse, a very energetic 90-year-old who filmed all of Ghana's ...
"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 ...
In the late 1980s, mobile cinema businesses were burgeoning in Ghana, bringing film screenings to villages and rural areas without theaters or electricity. These makeshift “video clubs” – usually made ...