Film poster paintings from Ghana

MorallySound · 09-11-2009, 06:06 PM

http://assemblyman-eph.blogspot.com/...rom-ghana.html

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In the 1980s video cassette technology made it possible for “mobile cinema” operators in Ghana to travel from town to town and village to village creating temporary cinemas. The touring film group would create a theatre by hooking up a TV and VCR onto a portable generator and playing the films for the people to see.

In order to promote these showings, artists were hired to paint large posters of the films (usually on used canvas flour sacks). The artists were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies. When the posters were finished they were rolled up and taken on the road. The “mobile cinema” began to decline in the mid-nineties due to greater availability of television and video; as a result the painted film posters were substituted for less interesting/artistic posters produced on photocopied paper.

Some of these are quite amazing.

Slackjaw83 · 09-11-2009, 06:42 PM

They look like old sideshow banners, which is always a good thing. Very cool.

bigdaddyhorse · 09-11-2009, 07:24 PM

That Sleepwalkers is a perfect mix of hilarious and twisted, probably my favorite of the bunch. Thanks for the link, those are all pretty cool.

BloodMan · 09-12-2009, 05:23 AM

I want these... holy...

Erick H. · 09-12-2009, 08:35 AM

I saw one of these on sale on e-bay once,for a Cynthia Rothrock martial arts flick,pretty cool.I like the EVIL DEAD one,makes Bruce Campbell look like Sylvester Stallone !

mcchrist · 09-12-2009, 09:41 PM

I may make a stitch of that Deadly Prey poster, haha

BloodMan · 09-13-2009, 06:00 AM

On ebay... I see these Ghana posters going for like $250.00 or more! Damn...

09-14-2009, 12:46 AM

I wish Poltergeist II was like that poster.
lol @ the heart in place of the O in Terminator.

bigdaddyhorse · 01-29-2011, 06:08 PM

Oh man, get ready to fill the cup!
I just wish they had bigger scans, but holy shit are there some good ones here!

and if that's nott enough, looks like many more sites with a simple search:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+movie+posters

bigdaddyhorse · 01-29-2011, 06:27 PM

Hey, we can make a new game out of it and try to guess what is what on the ones with wacky alternate titles!

mcchrist · 01-29-2011, 07:51 PM

I think between these and Polish poster art, the finest on earth.

09-11-2009, 06:42 PM	#2
Slackjaw83 Lonely St. Tattooer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 808	They look like old sideshow banners, which is always a good thing. Very cool. __________________ ...And so Charlie Noodles says "I don't know what it is, but it's got my pants and won't give'em back!"

09-11-2009, 07:24 PM	#3
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,933	That Sleepwalkers is a perfect mix of hilarious and twisted, probably my favorite of the bunch. Thanks for the link, those are all pretty cool. __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS

09-12-2009, 05:23 AM	#4
BloodMan Kill Time B4 It Kills You Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,432	I want these... holy... __________________ We Are Never Very Far From Those We Hate, For This Very Reason, We Shall Never Be Truly Close To Those We Love If I Don't Have The Right To Torture You, Why Then Do You Have The Right To Torture Me By Taking Away The Pleasure That I Could Get From Torturing You? Remember, one cannot make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their butt, and who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

09-12-2009, 09:41 PM	#6
mcchrist A new breed of pervert! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Keepin' the dogs away... Posts: 7,984	I may make a stitch of that Deadly Prey poster, haha __________________ McChrist's MySpace Cult-Stitch on MySpace

09-13-2009, 06:00 AM	#7
BloodMan Kill Time B4 It Kills You Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,432	On ebay... I see these Ghana posters going for like $250.00 or more! Damn... __________________ We Are Never Very Far From Those We Hate, For This Very Reason, We Shall Never Be Truly Close To Those We Love If I Don't Have The Right To Torture You, Why Then Do You Have The Right To Torture Me By Taking Away The Pleasure That I Could Get From Torturing You? Remember, one cannot make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their butt, and who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

09-12-2009, 08:35 AM	#5
Erick H. HackMaster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,436	I saw one of these on sale on e-bay once,for a Cynthia Rothrock martial arts flick,pretty cool.I like the EVIL DEAD one,makes Bruce Campbell look like Sylvester Stallone !

09-14-2009, 12:46 AM	#8
Rockmjd Guest Posts: n/a	I wish Poltergeist II was like that poster. lol @ the heart in place of the O in Terminator.

01-29-2011, 06:08 PM	#9
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,933	Oh man, get ready to fill the cup! I just wish they had bigger scans, but holy shit are there some good ones here! and if that's nott enough, looks like many more sites with a simple search: http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...+movie+posters __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS Last edited by bigdaddyhorse; 01-29-2011 at 07:06 PM.

01-29-2011, 06:27 PM	#10
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,933	Hey, we can make a new game out of it and try to guess what is what on the ones with wacky alternate titles! __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS

01-29-2011, 07:51 PM	#11
mcchrist A new breed of pervert! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Keepin' the dogs away... Posts: 7,984	I think between these and Polish poster art, the finest on earth. __________________ McChrist's MySpace Cult-Stitch on MySpace

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