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{{short description|Ghanaian film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sam Aryeetey
| birth_name = Sam Greatorex Aryeetey
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1929|08|23}}
| birth_place = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]],
| years active =
| nationality = Ghanaian
| occupation = {{Flatlist |
* film producer
* film director
* editor
* writer
}}
| label_name =
}}

'''Sam Greatorex Aryeetey''' (born 23 August 1929<ref name="Uwechue1991">{{cite book|author=Raph Uwechue|title=Africa Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EAOAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Africa Journal Limited|isbn=978-0-903274-17-3|page=220}}</ref> or 1927<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85042831.html|title=Aryeetey, Sam, 1927- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies &#124; Library of Congress|website=id.loc.gov|accessdate=2019-11-17}}</ref>) is a Ghanaian film producer, film director and writer. He is often credited as the director of the first Ghanaian feature film, ''[[No Tears for Ananse]]''.<ref name="Aitken2016">{{cite book|author=Ian Aitken|title=Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDVWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|year=2016|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-1-4744-0721-2|page=59}}</ref>
'''Sam Greatorex Aryeetey''' (born 23 August 1929<ref name="Uwechue1991">{{cite book|author=Raph Uwechue|title=Africa Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EAOAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Africa Journal Limited|isbn=978-0-903274-17-3|page=220}}</ref> or 1927<ref name="loc">{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85042831.html|title=Aryeetey, Sam, 1927- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies &#124; Library of Congress|website=id.loc.gov|accessdate=2019-11-17}}</ref>) is a Ghanaian film producer, film director and writer. He is often credited as the director of the first Ghanaian feature film, ''[[No Tears for Ananse]]''.<ref name="Aitken2016">{{cite book|author=Ian Aitken|title=Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDVWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|year=2016|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-1-4744-0721-2|page=59}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Sam Aryeetey was born August 23, 1929 in [[Accra]]. He was educated at Accra Methodist Boys' School and [[Achimota School]].<ref name="Uwechue1991"/> Among the first students at an Accra film training school for West Africans established by the [[Colonial Film Unit]] in 1948, Aryeetey joined the new Gold Coast Film Unit under [[Sean Graham (filmmaker)|Sean Graham]].<ref name="Garritano2013">{{cite book|author=Carmela Garritano|title=African Video Movies and Global Desires: A Ghanaian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Smqfl7gk3wcC&pg=PA48|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-89680-484-5|pages=48–}}</ref> In 1952 he moved to work as an editor in England.<ref name=Rice>Tom Rice, [http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/production-company/gold-coast-film-unit Gold Coast Film Unit], ‘’Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire’’, June 2010.</ref>
Sam Aryeetey was born August 23, 1929, in [[Accra]]. He was educated at Accra Methodist Boys' School and [[Achimota School]].<ref name="Uwechue1991"/> Among the first students at an Accra film training school for West Africans established by the [[Colonial Film Unit]] in 1948, Sam Aryeetey joined the new Gold Coast Film Unit under [[Sean Graham (filmmaker)|Sean Graham]].<ref name="Garritano2013">{{cite book|author=Carmela Garritano|title=African Video Movies and Global Desires: A Ghanaian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Smqfl7gk3wcC&pg=PA48|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-89680-484-5|pages=48–}}</ref> In 1952 he moved to work as an editor in England.<ref name=Rice>Tom Rice, [http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/production-company/gold-coast-film-unit Gold Coast Film Unit], ‘’Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire’’, June 2010.</ref>


In 1963, Aryeetey returned to Ghana to work for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (GFIC).<ref>''Ghana Year Book'', 1978, p.245.</ref> ''[[No Tears for Ananse]]'', written and directed by Aryeetey, was the first GFIC production. It was based on [[Joe de Graft]]'s play ''Ananse and the Gum Man', a story about the [[trickster]] [[Ananse]].<ref name="Garritano2013"/>
In 1963, Sam Aryeetey returned to Ghana to work for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (GFIC).<ref>''Ghana Year Book'', 1978, p.245.</ref> ''[[No Tears for Ananse]]'', written and directed by Aryeetey, was the first GFIC production. It was based on [[Joe de Graft]]'s play ''Ananse and the Gum Man', a story about the [[trickster]] [[Ananse]].<ref name="Garritano2013"/>


In 1969, Aryeetey became Managing Director of the GIFC. [[Manthia Diawara]] has argued that, by choosing to employ Europeans rather than Africans to “make films for Ghana”, Aryeetey “set back the progress of film production in Ghana to where it had been when the Colonial Film Unit left”.<ref name=Rice/>
In 1969, Sam Aryeetey became managing director of the GIFC. [[Manthia Diawara]] has argued that, by choosing to employ Europeans rather than Africans to “make films for Ghana”.


==Works==
==Works==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191011024207/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baacc80fa ''Sam Aryeetey''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 16 October 2023

Sam Aryeetey
Born
Sam Greatorex Aryeetey

(1929-08-23) August 23, 1929 (age 95)
Accra, Ghana,
NationalityGhanaian
Occupations
  • film producer
  • film director
  • editor
  • writer

Sam Greatorex Aryeetey (born 23 August 1929[1] or 1927[2]) is a Ghanaian film producer, film director and writer. He is often credited as the director of the first Ghanaian feature film, No Tears for Ananse.[3]

Life

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Sam Aryeetey was born August 23, 1929, in Accra. He was educated at Accra Methodist Boys' School and Achimota School.[1] Among the first students at an Accra film training school for West Africans established by the Colonial Film Unit in 1948, Sam Aryeetey joined the new Gold Coast Film Unit under Sean Graham.[4] In 1952 he moved to work as an editor in England.[5]

In 1963, Sam Aryeetey returned to Ghana to work for the Ghana Film Industry Corporation (GFIC).[6] No Tears for Ananse, written and directed by Aryeetey, was the first GFIC production. It was based on Joe de Graft's play Ananse and the Gum Man', a story about the trickster Ananse.[4]

In 1969, Sam Aryeetey became managing director of the GIFC. Manthia Diawara has argued that, by choosing to employ Europeans rather than Africans to “make films for Ghana”.

Works

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Films

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  • (as editor) I Will Speak English, 1954
  • (as editor) Mr. Mensah Builds a House, 1955
  • (as editor) The Welfare of Youth, Editor
  • (as editor) Sporting Life, 1958
  • (as producer) Hamile the Tongo Hamlet, 1964
  • (as director) No Tears for Ananse, 1965 or 1968
  • (as writer) The African Deal, 1973

Books

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  • ‘’Harvest of Love’’, 1984
  • ‘’Other Side of Town’’, 1986
  • ‘’Home at Last’’, 1996

References

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  1. ^ a b Raph Uwechue (1991). Africa Who's who. Africa Journal Limited. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-903274-17-3.
  2. ^ "Aryeetey, Sam, 1927- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  3. ^ Ian Aitken (2016). Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4744-0721-2.
  4. ^ a b Carmela Garritano (15 February 2013). African Video Movies and Global Desires: A Ghanaian History. Ohio University Press. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-0-89680-484-5.
  5. ^ Tom Rice, Gold Coast Film Unit, ‘’Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire’’, June 2010.
  6. ^ Ghana Year Book, 1978, p.245.
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