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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> |
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> |
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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 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"/> |
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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”. |
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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
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
Films
- (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
- ‘’Harvest of Love’’, 1984
- ‘’Other Side of Town’’, 1986
- ‘’Home at Last’’, 1996
References
- ^ a b Raph Uwechue (1991). Africa Who's who. Africa Journal Limited. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-903274-17-3.
- ^ "Aryeetey, Sam, 1927- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ^ Ian Aitken (2016). Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4744-0721-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tom Rice, Gold Coast Film Unit, ‘’Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire’’, June 2010.
- ^ Ghana Year Book, 1978, p.245.
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