The Eyes of Ghana

The Eyes of Ghana (2026)

Keep on filming.

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.

Date of release
2026-10-28
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Ben Proudfoot

Casting

  • Kwame Nkrumah — Self (archive footage)
  • Emund Addo — Self
  • Chris Hesse — Self
  • Anita Afonu — Self

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