Cinema of Ghana

Cinema of Ghana
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Cinema of Ghana, wey dem dey call Ghana Film Industry, dem nickname am Ghallywood,[1] Everything start when dem first bring film making enter British colony of Gold Coast (now Ghana) for 1923. Dat time, na only big men dem dey see de films, especially de white people wey be de boss for Gold Coast.[2][3][4] Film making for Ghana begin to grow for 1950 insyd.[5][6][7][8] Cinema be de main place wey people dey go watch film until home video cam turn popular pass am. Film industry no get official name yet secof dem dey consult den engage plus stakeholders wen dem send petition to Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture wey suspend de use of de name Black Star Films.[9]

National Theatre of Ghana, Accra
  1. Starrfm.com.gh (2021-12-18). "Tourism Ministry suspends new name for Ghana film industry — Starr Fm". Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. Frindéthié, K. Martial (24 March 2009). Francophone African Cinema: History, Culture, Politics and Theory. McFarland. ISBN 9780786453566 – via Google Books.
  3. "Ghana Movies – The beginning of the end? (Part 1)". Ghanamagazine.com. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. Martin, Michael T. (1 January 1995). Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814325882 – via Google Books.
  5. "Storytelling from the Margins: Accra's Emerging Cinema Shifts National Memory". accradotaltradio.com. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. "The New Face Of Cinema In Ghana". Globe Entertainment. 13 August 2015.
  7. Davis, Lauren (9 September 2009). "The Curious Art of Ghana's Mobile Movie Posters". gizmodo.com.
  8. Frindéthié, K. Martial (24 March 2009). Francophone African Cinema: History, Culture, Politics and Theory. McFarland. ISBN 9780786453566 – via Google Books.
  9. "'Blackstar Films' suspended as new brand name for GH film industry". Ghana Weekend. 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

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