This work deals with the life and work of three Ghanaian women filmmakers. Their life stories help us draw parallels to the different attitudes toward feminism and religion, that are embedded in their lives and show how the latter are reflected in their works. The first part briefly presents the evolution of film in Ghana, the rise of video film and its implications for the inclusion of women in the Ghanaian film industry. The following is the outline of the history of feminism in Ghana, within the broader African feminist theories, where it addresses its importance in the context of female filmmakers. The second part gathers and interprets the ethnographic descriptions and film practices of the selected three directors, focused on the themes of activism, technology and religion, and Christian feminism, which in each case best reflect their lives and motivations for filmmaking. In the last chapter, their stories converge and try to shed more light on the issues of their gender-marginalized position in local film spaces.
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