This event is in the past.It took place on May 8, 2025 at Film at Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater.
Documentary
DocumentaryChris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah's 93-year-old cinematographer, races against time to recover over 1,000 lost films that captured African independence in the 1950s and '60s. Directed by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, this documentary screens with a Q&A featuring the director and producer.
archival documentary
post-screening Q&A
African independence history
Lincoln Center cinema
Tips
🎬post-screening Q&A with director Ben Proudfoot
🎞️over 1,000 never-before-seen historical films recovered
🏆produced by Barack and Michelle Obama
The Eyes of Ghana
Lincoln Square
DocumentaryDocumentaryChris Hesse, Kwame Nkrumah's 93-year-old cinematographer, races against time to recover over 1,000 lost films that captured African independence in the 1950s and '60s. Directed by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, this documentary screens with a Q&A featuring the director and producer.
archival documentary
post-screening Q&A
African independence history
Lincoln Center cinema
Tips
🎬post-screening Q&A with director Ben Proudfoot
🎞️over 1,000 never-before-seen historical films recovered
🏆produced by Barack and Michelle Obama
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