Ghana, Day 42 (Yesterday) - Movie Premiere

Hi Ruth!

I'm still in Ghana.

Yesterday, Dr. Bill, Ms. Theresa, Ms. Anna-Marie, Dr. Carl, Dr. Ben and I went to see a movie.  I would normally work instead of going out to movies, but this one was special.  It was made by someone who used to be a Fulbright scholar, like me, but who taught about making movies instead of about Philosophy.  The movie was called The Destiny of Lesser Animals (the name comes from a Ghanaian proverb that says, "the destiny of a leopard is different from the destiny of lesser animals," which means that people need to not worry if the life they live isn't the same as other people's, I think).  It was about a police officer who is trying to come to America, but then has to solve a crime (it would be pretty scary for you, I think - there is a lot of fighting) and then in the end realizes that he would rather stay in Ghana and help a little girl he met who didn't have a family.  And they talk a bit about how lots of people were very hopeful for Ghana right after it became its own country, but now lots of people want to leave, and other people think it's important to stay.

Because it was the premiere of the movie in Ghana, there was a big party, with drumming outside the movie theater!  There was also a dancer, but she was moving around so much I couldn't get a picture of her!

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Once we got inside, the man who made the movie (the director, the guy who told the cameras where to go and gave the actors advice on how to act), the producer (the man who found money so they could make the movie - movies are expensive!), and the man who wrote the story and played the main character all came to introduce the movie.  I didn't get a very good picture of them.  They talked about how they hoped that more people outside Ghana would like movies from Ghana and go to see them.

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They also stayed to answer questions about the movie at the end, but it was very crowded (more than it looks in my picture!) and we were very hungry.

On the way out, they were having a big party with lots of the actors in the movie.

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We stopped by, but it was very loud, and we were very hungry, so we went to dinner.  I'd rather go to a party with you, anyway.