The Black Star

A cinema-verité documentary of Ghana’s five years of independence under President Kwame Nkruma. Striking color images of Africans in modern-day jobs, such as airline pilot and construction worker, predominate, with little voice-over.

• Joachim HellwigDirector
• Joachim HellwigWriter
• Hans OleyWriter

• Helmut Müller-LankowNarrator (voice)
• Klaus PiontekNarrator (voice)