No Tears For Ananse is a Ghanaian movie which was directed by Sam Aryeetey and written by Ato Kwamina Yanney in 1968.[1][2][3]
| No Tears For Ananse | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Aryeetey |
| Written by | Ato Kwamina Yanney |
Production company | State Film Industry Corporation |
| Distributed by | Film One Ltd |
| Country | Ghana |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThe folklore film describes how cunning Ananse tries to outwit his family because of the pressure of him providing for his family members every day. He pretended to be dead and he told his family to bury him in his farm. He then took to eating the food in the farm where he was buried. The family set a trap using a statue smeared with glue. When Ananse saw the statue he thought it was a living being so he started kicking and slapping it and he got stuck. The following morning he was caught by the family and villagers.[4]
Cast
edit- Kofi Middleton Mends
- David London
- Lily Nketia
References
edit- ^ "Ato Kwamina Yanney". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "NO TEARS FOR ANANSE (1960)". BFI. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ No Tears for Ananse (1968), retrieved 2020-01-25
- ^ "No Tears For Ananse (1968) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
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