Join us for WEEK 4 of ARRAY360 at FOR THE PEOPLE: A DAY OF DISCOURSE. This day-long showcase amplifies voices of those who resist. Filmmaker Anita Afonu joins ARRAY for a cinema chat.

EVENT SCHEDULE

1:00 PM | Guest Check-in Begins
2:00 PM | Feature Film presentation: THE EYES OF GHANA (2025) (Run Time: 1h 30m)

ABOUT THE FILM

Ghanaian filmmaker Anita Afonu embarks on a journey of cinematic rediscovery alongside 93-year-old Chris Hesse, who served as Kwame Nkrumah’s personal cinematographer and bore witness to the birth of African independence. Together they undertake an urgent mission to restore and repatriate a hidden archive of more than 1,300 films from the 1950s and 60s; a visual legacy that holds the soul of a nation and the memory of a continent on the cusp of liberation. 

MPA Rating:
NOT-RATED |

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Ben Proudfoot is a two-time Academy Award® winning documentary filmmaker and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Breakwater Studios which he founded upon graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2012. A watershed partnership with The New York Times produced some sixteen collaborations with over 10 million views including A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION, which was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards®, and THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 94th Academy Awards®. The film, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen Curry, made history as the first Oscar win for The New York Times. On March 10, 2024, Proudfoot became the first person born in the 1990s to win a second Academy Award®, this time for THE LAST REPAIR SHOP, his second collaboration with composer and filmmaker Kris Bowers – and the first Oscar for The Los Angeles Times.

Screenings of SUDAN, REMEMBER US (2025) and PALESTINE 36 (2025) are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.