The subject material includes a particular class of art work: hand-painted film posters originating from Ghana, West Africa. These posters served as promotional materials for movies screened in native cinemas. The referenced art work contains interpretations of iconic motion pictures and style movies. One facet explored might embody the uncooked and expressive high quality of the art work, born from interpretations with out direct entry to unique advertising and marketing property.
The importance of such artifacts resides of their historic context as important parts of movie distribution and cultural trade in areas the place standard advertising and marketing sources have been restricted. The gathering represents a singular intersection of world movie tradition and native creative expression. These posters provide insights into how worldwide movies have been acquired and reinterpreted inside a particular cultural atmosphere.