Creating a movie poster by hand

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in Ghana an artist prepares his tools to

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create another Masterpiece he mounts his

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canvas prepares his brushes mixes his

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paints but what is he

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painting wait is that alucino a horse's

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head is that a burning car oh it's the

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Godfather got

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it so you're probably wondering why

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these posters look different well in

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the' 70s and ' 80s in Ghana when video

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cassettes arrived locals would create

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DIY pop-up Cinemas using whatever

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technology they could get their hands on

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these Cinemas needed to advertise their

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films and with hand painted Graphics

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being the norm back then plenty of

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talented artists Rose to the challenge

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using discarded flower sacks as their

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canvas so my name is Joseph frong I'm

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the director for the