The Eyes of Ghana

This was 30% interesting story and 70% nice packaging The actual history of Ghana is at times sidelined for a saccharine “power of cinema” tale which the filmmakers assume the audience will connect with more. It briefly visits the complexities of Ghana’s decolonization and…

Brother Bro

A big disappointment. The history here is so important, but this film is so disjointed. It really feels like several short films cobbled together, rather than one cohesive narrative. I hope the rest of the films from this archive get digitized though. The scant 15 minutes…

Marya E. Gates

Absolutely incredible. Made me really love people’s passion for filmmaking even in places where it’s not as common  ending credits rolling over kente. just beautiful  it’s TIFF so naturally the director and crew came out at the end and it’s just always so inspiring to see…

jacqueline

I really wish director Ben Proudfoot’s messy historical documentary “The Eyes of Ghana,” a partial product of executive producers Michelle and Barack Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, was better. It’s one of those films whose desire to tell a little-known story grants it…

Robert Daniels

Every other movie celebrating the glory of a rundown movie palace now has a new standard to be compared to

Katey Rich

“Don’t be afraid. Keep filming.” A breathtaking documentary about the importance of capturing and restoring history.  Opening night documentary and I was very impressed with the storytelling, cinematography and openness from our interviewees.  As a cinema and history…

Willow

I found this movie to be very unfocused. So much so, I'm finding it hard to criticize the actual thesis of the film because I don't think it has one. Is the film a reclamation Kwame Nkrumah? The story of Chris Hesse? A testament power of cinema? It doesn't do any of these…

neonRed

TIFF 2025 #1 First film of TIFF was the world premiere of Ben Proudfoot's feature documentary debut, the director behind The Last Repair Shop and The Queen of Basketball, two of the better documentary shorts nominated by the Oscars in recent years. There's so much that I…

Alex Burley

Sixth watch of London Film Festival 2025. Oh my God. Crazy how you can watch a film on a random Thursday night and it can entirely rock your entire sense of being. This is what it’s all about. And the film knows it too. A love letter to Ghana (and Africa as a whole),…

Mojola