Best of all, Sarah’s film Notre Etrangere will be screened on Tuesday 24th September for free from 6pm at the NAFTI Preview Theatre at the NAFTI Hostel in Cantonments, Accra.
On that same day, time and venue, I am also really looking forward to watching Anita Afonu’s ‘Perished Diamonds’. In Yaba Badoe’s words,
“The documentary relates the painful story of how the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (GFIC) was sold – or to use IMF jargon ‘divested’ – in 1997 to a Malaysian company for the sum of 1.23 million dollars. The idea behind the divestiture was to recapitalize GFIC before it was eventually returned to the state. The sale included all of the GFIC’s assets, its studios and equipment and, most controversial of all, Ghana’s film archive.”
It is heart breaking that we as Ghanaians have had so little regard for commemorating our history and allowed our film archives to be destroyed. The poster created below captures the failure in leadership in allowing this sad situation to occur.
The screening of Notre Etrangere and Perished Diamonds will be followed by a question and answer session with Sarah Bouyain and Anita Afonu facilitated by Anita Erskine of Brand Woman Africa, a sponsor of the 2nd AWIFF. This will take place at the NAFTI Preview Theatre at NAFTI Hostel – Cantonments, Accra (turn right at the roundabout after passing the entrance of the American Embassy on your left and NAFTI hostel will be on your right).
I hope to see you there.
Nana Darkoa