We've featured Ghanian movie posters a few times here at Neatorama. They are hand painted, have little to do with the movie, and are often quite lurid. There were born from a homegrown business of showing films in villages that had no electricity and hiring local artists to produce promotional posters. The posters became quite popular in the US for their imaginative depictions of films the artists had not seen. They commonly include guns and severed heads for dramatic purposes, no matter the movie's actual subject matter.
Americans can buy prints of these posters, and even painted originals, through Deadly Prey Gallery, a Chicago-based business that works with ten artists in or near Accra, Ghana. All profits go to the artists. The gallery stages pop-up exhibitions in cities around the US; check Instagram for their current schedule. Oh yeah, they accept commissions, too, in case you've ever wanted your own face enshrined in a Ghanian movie poster. -via Everlasting Blort
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