Family of Ghana

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1958

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Experiences of a family in the African nation of Ghana illustrate the culture of that country. Suggests striving for new ideas and methods in this developing nation by the younger people, while the older ones cling to tradition. Dramatizes this contest within a Ghanan family when the son wishes to acquire a motorized boat for ocean fishing. His father, however, fears departing from the "old ways." Includes sequences of Accra and of native music and dancing., Experiences of a family in the African nation of Ghana illustrate the culture of that country. Suggests striving for new ideas and methods in this developing nation by the younger people, while the older ones cling to tradition. Dramatizes this contest within a Ghanan family when the son wishes to acquire a motorized boat for ocean fishing. His father, however, fears departing from the "old ways." Includes sequences of Accra and of native music and dancing.

Complete Record: Experiences of a family in the African nation of Ghana illustrate the culture of that country. Suggests striving for new ideas and methods in this developing nation by the younger people, while the older ones cling to tradition. Dramatizes this contest within a Ghanan family when the son wishes to acquire a motorized boat for ocean fishing. His father, however, fears departing from the "old ways." Includes sequences of Accra and of native music and dancing., A documentary about the people who live on the coast of Ghana and make their living by the sea. Dramatizes the conflict within a Ghanan family when the son wishes to buy a motorized boat for ocean fishing. Includes segments of Accra and traditional music and dance. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.