Film Screening: The Eyes of Ghana

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Friday, January 16, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Teachers College, Columbia University

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01/16/2026 07:00 PM 01/16/2026 08:30 PM America/Anguilla Film Screening: The Eyes of Ghana 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,300 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.Event LinksTickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3404575-0 Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/manhattan/events/teachers-college-columbia-university/film-screening-the-eyes-of-ghana-579047?ref=uceaddevent Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY, 10027

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93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,300 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.

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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3404575-0

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