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Love Brewed in the African Pot

1980

In late-colonial Ghana, a privileged young woman defies her ambitious father by falling in love with a humble fisherman's son, and the couple's romance runs headlong into class and social expectation. A landmark of Ghanaian cinema.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Ghana

This film is stop 1 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Ghana. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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