Keteke

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Keteke
Directed byPeter Sedufia
Written byPeter Sedufia
Produced byPeter Sedufia
StarringClemento Suarez
Lydia Forson
Adjetey Anang
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Country Ghana
LanguageEnglish

Keteke (Akan: Train) is a 2017 Ghanaian comedy film written, directed by Peter Sedufia. Produced by Peter Sedufia and Laurene Addy

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Plot

The film is set in the 1980s, when pregnant Atswei (Lydia Forson) and her husband Boi (Adjetey Anang) are trying to reach Atswei's village so she can give birth. The only source of transportation is a weekly train that they miss, forcing them to seek alternative transportation and launching them on an impromptu adventure through rural Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Awards

Keteke represented Ghana at the annual Khouribja Africa Festival in Morocco, December 2018 [5] where it received the Jury Special Mention Prize. [6]

Cast

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References

  1. "Keteke: Shaping Ghanaian Film Excellence". www.thenewblackmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. "Keteke to be premiered on March 4". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. "'Keteke', the movie, was solid". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  4. Pulse Ghana (2017-03-07), Keteke Movie Premier With Kalybos, Lydia Forson, Adjetey Anang and Ahuofe Patri | Pulse Events , retrieved 2018-11-15
  5. ":: CENTRE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE MAROCAIN ::". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  6. Editor, Senior. "Peter Sedufia, Lydia Forson & the 'KETEKE' family take home the JURY SPECIAL MENTION prize at the KHOURIBJA AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL in Morocco…see all the photos". Ytainment Arena. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2019-01-14.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)