奥巴马夫妇任执行制片的纪录片《加纳之眼》10月28日北美单夜放映：抢救恩克鲁玛私人摄影师的千余卷胶片
据 Variety 独家报道，Breakwater Studios 与美国前总统奥巴马夫妇创办的 Higher Ground 宣布，纪录片《加纳之眼》（The Eyes of Ghana）将于10月28日（周三）在美国与加拿大影院作单夜特别放映，参与的院线包括 Regal、AMC、Cinemark 等连锁及部分独立影院，票务与场次信息可通过影片官方网站查询。本文附该片官方预告片（Higher Ground 官方频道发布）。
影片由两届奥斯卡奖得主 Ben Proudfoot 执导，巴拉克·奥巴马与米歇尔·奥巴马担任执行制片人。影片主角是93岁的加纳摄影师 Chris Hesse：他曾任加纳首任总统 Kwame Nkrumah 的私人摄影师，保存了1,000多卷记录1950年代与1960年代加纳独立及非洲解放运动的胶片。1966年 Nkrumah 在军事政变中被推翻后，这批影像被隐藏了数十年。如今 Hesse 视力不断衰退，正赶在失明之前抢救与修复这批档案，让后代能看到这段历史。
该片部分镜头以 IMAX 65mm 胶片拍摄，2025年曾在多伦多国际电影节首映，并在2025年非洲国际电影节（AFRIFF）获得评审团特别奖与最佳纪录片奖。
网络主播 IShowSpeed（本名 Darren Watkins Jr.）已以制片人身份加入该片，并向其粉丝分享了官方预告片。他在声明中说，他今年访问加纳后对这个国家及其人民有了更深的理解：「他的相机记录了非洲独立的诞生，他保存这些影像的决心，确保了后代能亲眼见证这一切。我很荣幸能参与把这个故事带给我的观众。」
Obama-Executive-Produced Documentary 'The Eyes of Ghana' Gets One-Night North American Cinema Release on October 28
Breakwater Studios and Higher Ground, the production company founded by former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, will bring the documentary 'The Eyes of Ghana' to cinemas across the United States and Canada for a one-night-only screening on Wednesday, October 28, according to an exclusive report by Variety. Participating exhibitors include Regal, AMC and Cinemark alongside select independent cinemas, with tickets and showtimes available through the film's official website. The film's official trailer, released by Higher Ground, accompanies this report.
Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, the film follows 93-year-old Ghanaian cinematographer Chris Hesse, who served as personal cameraman to Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president. Hesse preserved more than 1,000 reels of footage documenting Ghana's independence and the wider African liberation movements of the 1950s and 1960s. After Nkrumah was overthrown in a military coup in 1966, the footage remained hidden for decades. With his eyesight now failing, Hesse is racing to rescue and restore the archive so future generations can see this history.
Shot in part on IMAX 65mm film, the documentary premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and won both the Special Jury Prize and Best Documentary at the 2025 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF).
Streaming creator IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr., has joined the film as a producer and shared its official trailer with his audience. In a statement, he said his visit to Ghana earlier this year had deepened his appreciation of the country and its people: 'His camera captured the birth of African independence, and his determination to preserve those images has ensured that future generations can witness it for themselves. I'm humbled by his legacy and proud to help bring his story to my community.'
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图片来源：加纳首都 Accra 独立广场的黑星门，门楣刻有「AD 1957」与「Freedom and Justice」（Matti Blume 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / The Black Star Gate at Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, inscribed 'AD 1957' and 'Freedom and Justice' (photo by Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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