Film

When Women Speak

2022 · 1h 41m

Traces the stories of 16 Ghanaian women who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s. It follows their experiences (as told in their own words) as Ghana passed through periods of military, single-party and multi-party rule. These women were prominent in public life – in the law, the media, academia, politics, and various governmental and non-governmental organisations for women. Their stories tell us about the issues around which women mobilised, and their modes of activism and advocacy at home and abroad, during the ‘lost decades’. They challenge the popular perception that gender activism is a foreign import, which came from ‘the West’ and found its way to Ghana with the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1992.

• Aseye TamakloeDirector · Editor
• Akosua Adomako-AmpofoProducer
• Dzidor AmorinOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 12, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m