‘The Eyes of Ghana’ Filmmakers on Spotlighting the Political Power of Cinema: ‘We Can Keep the Torch of Truth Burning’

‘The Eyes of Ghana’ Filmmakers on Spotlighting the Political Power of Cinema: ‘We Can Keep the Torch of Truth Burning’

Two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot returned to his native Canada last week to debut his latest documentary, “The Eyes of Ghana,” a powerful feature about the African country’s buried cinema history and the 93-year-old filmmaker who has dedicated his life to restoring it. That filmmaker, Chris Hesse, was the personal cinematographer to Kwame Nkrumah, the African revolutionary who became the first president of Ghana. Thus, Hesse had a front row…