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"The Eyes of Ghana" Documentary Screening

Date & Time

Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Category

Performance

Location

Rutgers Cinema

105 Joyce Kilmer Ave Piscataway, NJ, 08854

Contact

Olabode Ibironke

Information

Presented by: The Center for African Studies (CAS), Rutgers University 

Co-sponsored by: The Busia Foundation International, The Department of History, The Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literature, Rutgers Global, and Crossroads Theatre Company With: Breakwater Studios, producers of The Eyes of Ghana

From Oscar®-winning director Ben Proudfoot, THE EYES OF GHANA is a stunning feature documentary following 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse--personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah--as he 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.

Tuesday, November 11 at 7:00 PM
Rutgers Cinema, Livingston Campus
Free admission, free popcorn and drinks

The screening will be followed by a live filmmaker Q&A and discussion led by Ambassador Abena P.A. Busia, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University, and Professor Bright Gyamfi, Department of History, Rutgers University.

Public/Staff RSVP via email: sbscenters@sas.rutgers.edu
Students, register at the following link. 

Please RSVP to attend
Part of the AMESALL Film Series

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