The Eyes of Ghana (2025)
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.
Director: Ben Proudfoot
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Kwame Nkrumah as Self (archive footage) |
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Emund Addo as Self |
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Chris Hesse as Self |
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Anita Afonu as Self |
| Sound | Kris Bowers | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Ben Proudfoot | Director |
| Production | Ben Proudfoot | Producer |
| Production | Nana Adwoa Frimpong | Producer |
| Production | Anita Afonu | Producer |
| Production | Moses Bwayo | Producer |
| Production | Barack Obama | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brandon Somerhalder | Producer |
| Production | Ethan Lewis | Producer |
| Production | Vinnie Malhotra | Producer |
| Production | Michelle Obama | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Thomas Kotcheff | Additional Music |