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We don’t remember Garfield having weapons and did Groundhog Day really have a GIANT groundhog eating humans?! A handful of highly skilled artists in Ghana are behind some of the most imaginative, beautiful and exaggerated film posters. These posters are hilarious, captivating, colorful and highly impressive. So much so, that they’ve become a worldwide sensation! Whilst you may disregard these as misleading bootlegs, anthropologist Dr. Joseph Oduro-Frimpong believes that these posters are vital artifacts of Ghanaian art, history and culture. And he should know, he’s collected over one hundred of them. We begin Black History Month with this story exploring the incredible talent Ghana has to offer… Special thanks to the Ashesi Center for African Popular Culture. #Ghana #Art #Film 00:00 Preparing the tools 00:20 Its the Godfather 00:28 Why they look different 00:50 Meet local expert, Joseph Oduro-Frimpong 01:25 The posters got more extreme 01:53 Imaginative Painting 02:03 How the posters changed with the times 02:37 Who is buying these posters? Video credits: Lead Producers: Stuart Smillie and Louis Fitton Producer: Michael Ansah Crew: Hector Kugbadzor, Richard Ocloo and Koffi Lansi Edit: Steve Kelly Got a story idea for us? Shoot us an email at pitch [at] GreatBigStory [dot] com 📧 Get exclusive GBS items from our online store 🛒 👉 https://shop.greatbigstory.com/ SUBSCRIBE: https://buff.ly/41yqVHF NOTIFICATIONS: Make sure you enable the 🔔 to get notified about our latest video publishes. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: http://patreon.com/GreatBigStory Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatbigstory Check us out on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatbigstory Join us on Snapchat: https://story.snapchat.com/p/18450982-0867-49c9-b4ac-2a534d1c86aa Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatbigstory Give us a shout on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greatbigstory Sign up to our newsletter: https://greatbigstory.com/signup/