Zinabu
| Zinabu | |
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | William Akuffor |
| Produced by | William Shakespeare Akuffor |
Production company | Worldwide Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | Ghana |
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Zinabu is a 1987 Ghanaian film directed by William Akuffo and Richard Quartey.[1]
Plot
Zinabu tells the story of a witch converting to Christianity.[1]
Production
The film was shot in 1985 using a
Distribution
During the production of Zinabu, the Ghanaian government introduced a ban on video, in an attempt to curb the negative effect they thought unlicensed American and Chinese films were having on Ghanaian culture. This ban was lifted in 1987, largely due to the work of Akuffo.[1]
The film received its premiere at the Globe Cinema. The screening was designed to imitate a normal film screening: the video player was not visible to the audience, and Akuffo was in the projection room.[1]
Legacy
Zinabu was the first Ghanaian video feature, beginning a new form of indigenous film production that would grow in the early 1990s. In 1988, two video films were released, but this grew to seven in 1991, and over 50 in 1993.[2] Akuffo also produced three sequels to Zinabu.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8214-1931-1.
- ISBN 90-420-1273-0.
- ISBN 978-1-134-61323-6.
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