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Title The Black Star
Production Date c.1960-1966
Country of Production GDR (German Democratic Republic)
Duration 00:31:48
Production Company DEFA
Film Subject Era 1954-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary Documentary film which offers a glimpse of the role that socialism and modernisation play in Ghana, including footage of myriad sections of society, from students and scientists to factory workers and farmers.
Subjects Aircraft; Transport; Architecture; Poverty; Education; Women; Science; Industry; Industrialisation; Construction; Port; Animals; Parades and marches; Dance
Director Hellwig, Joachim
Contributors
Script:
Hellwig, Joachim, Oley, Hans

Sound:
Dinter, Heinz, Schernikau, Ingrid

Graphic Designer:
Klemke, Werner

Editor:
Wischnewski, Traute

Camera:
Randel, Wolfgang

People Nkrumah, Kwame (1909-1972)
Places Ghana; Accra
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Language English (Narrator)
Module Newsreels & Cinemagazines
Copyright The British Film Institute