An African Election

An African Election (2011)

Filmmaker Jarreth Merz directs this eye-opening documentary about the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, chronicling the start-to-finish drama of campaigning in a nation that's long served as a measure of the continent's political stability.

Date of release
2011-11-25
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
History, Documentary
Director
Jarreth J. Merz

Interesting facts

An African Election is a documentary film directed by Jarreth Merz and Kevin Merz about Ghana’s 2008 general election. It won awards at the Roma Independent Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival, and Visions du Réel, and was screened at festivals including Sundance, Locarno, Solothurn, and Yamagata.

Production

The project began as Jarreth Merz’s return to Ghana, where he had grown up, before developing into a documentary set against the backdrop of the country’s 2008 national election. The filmmakers were also given access to Ghana’s political “strong room”, offering a behind-the-scenes view of the country’s electoral process.

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