White Elephant (1984)
January 1, 1984Release Date
Plot.
This film was made entirely in Ghana and consists of documentary scenes and a fictitious story about a British engineer who wants to import microchips to Africa. But the reaction of the blacks to his plans to build a fully automatic plastic furniture factory surprises him. His faith in technocracy stands opposed to what they know about the environment. When the conflict has reached its climax, a spell is cast upon him... finally, he gives up... but his attitude toward Africa has changed for the better.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Firth
Peter Davidson
Nana Seowg
High Priestess
Abi Adatsi
Kwabena Holm
Owusu Akyeaw
Sarfo Opku
Nana Abiri Otchere Darko
Charles Annan
Werner Grusch
Director / Writer / Original Story
Ashley Pharoah
Writer
Tom Hurwitz
Director of Photography / Editor
Andy Nelson
Sound
Georg Friedrich Händel
Music
Thomas Schwalm
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
White Elephant is a 1984 British comedy drama film directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth, Peter Sarpong and Nana Seowg. The plot involves a ruthless white man determined to break through thousands of years of tradition to sell microchips in Africa. A young British businessman goes to Ghana to modernise a furniture factory by introducing computers. Unbeknownst to him, the spirits of African tradition are already working against him and are determined to make him pay. He encounters fierce resistance from the Ghanaians, and this eventually leads him to better appreciate their culture.