Thank you for joining us for the 33rd New York African Film Festival. To celebrate another incredible year of African cinema, we're delighted to offer a free online screening of Kwaw Ansah's landmark classic Love Brewed in the African Pot. Available worldwide on Cinema Awujo from June 19–26, the film remains one of the defining works of Ghanaian cinema and a beloved African classic. Through its compelling story of love, family, and social change, the film continues to resonate with audiences more than four decades after its release. Watch free, wherever you are, and celebrate the enduring legacy of one of Africa's pioneering filmmakers!

About the Film

An African classic, Love Brewed in the African Pot is an interpretation of Romeo and Juliet set in colonial Ghana, that explores tensions between tradition and modernity. A young woman, Aba Appiah, with a posh Cape Coast education falls in love with a semi-literate auto mechanic, Joe Quansah. The marriage outrages her father, who expects her to marry the man of his choice. This family conflict leads to complex and unforeseen consequences. The film won the Omarou Ganda Prize for ‘most remarkable direction and production in line with African realities’ at the seventh Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). A comic book based on the film was released in 2014.
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