Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute, Accra-Ghana. As a freelance editor, her works include, award winning films like, “Perfect Picture” (2009) by Shirley Frimpong –Manso, “Chronicles of Odumkrom; The Headmaster” (2014) by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye. She was also assistant editor for the films “Who is Afraid of Ngugi” (2006) by Manthia Diawara and “Freetown” (2015) by Garret Barty. She is also a freelance film festival programmer and curator. She is a co-programmer for Film Africa, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society and is the Festival Manager of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). Her research areas include, African Cinema(s), popular culture, African Literature and Gender Studies. Aseye Tamakloe is the founder of NDIVA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL. A festival that aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women.
Acknowledgements
The When Women Speak film was produced under the British Academy Sustainable Development Programme, which was supported by the UK government’s Global Challenges Research Fund. Additional contributions were made by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, and the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham. The training packages were produced under an Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Award from the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Abantu-for-Development.
