Kwaw Ansah launches 'Love Brewed in the African Pot' comic book today

Award-winning filmmaker and writer, Kwaw Ansah will be launching a comic book on his first feature film, ‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’ at the British Council Auditorium today, October 24 at 3pm prompt.

The film, Love Brewed in the Africa Pot was first premiered in 1980 when Kwaw Ansah founded his film production company, Film Africa Limited in 1977, and had worked on a project that become ‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’ in 1980.

The film immediately became a popular success throughout English-speaking Africa, beating all previous attendance records for a film by an African director, while at the same time earning critical acclaim and respect.

‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’ earned awards world-wide including the prestigious OmarouGanda Prize, for ‘Most Remarkable Direction and Production in line with African realities’ at the 7th Pan-African Film Festival (FESPACO).It was the first film to be awarded in an Anglophone country.

The film was also awarded at the UNESCO Film Award in France, and the Jury's Special Silver Peacock Award, ‘For a Genuine and Talented Attempt to Find a National and Cultural Identity’ at the 8th International Film Festival of India.

In 1998, Kwaw Ansah was awarded the Acrag Prize, the Living Legend Award for Contribution to the Arts of Ghana.

With all these awards and success of the ‘Love Brewed in the African Pot’, it took almost ten years before the African writer, Kwaw Ansah could complete his next major film project, the ambitious Heritage Africa in 1989.

Kwaw Ansah is a crusader for African filmmaking and dramatic art, working ceaselessly for improved funding and distribution of African films within Africa.

‘The Heritage’; ‘Crossroads of people, Crossroads of trade’; ‘The good old days- The love of AA’; ‘The good old days- Papa Lasisi good bicycle’; ‘The good old days- Suffering to lose’; and ‘Prasing the Lord plus one’ are films produced by the award-winning filmamker, Kwaw Ansah.