
The Eyes of Ghana
Cinema Eye Honors
2 Nominations
2026
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Nominee · 2026
Audience Choice Prize
Directed by Ben Proudfoot
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Nominee · 2026
Original Music Score
Music by Kris Bowers
Synopsis
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 1,000 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.
2026 · 2 categories
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