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Mamma Mia

Mamma Mia poster
Genre
thriller film
Country
Ghana

How it feels

This Ghanaian film follows the lives of Ghanaians living in Europe, with scenes set in both Verona and Accra. It explores their experiences and challenges abroad.

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What happens

Mamma Mia is a Ghanaian film directed by and starring Bob Smith Jnr in 1995. Set in Verona as well as Accra, it was one of the earlier films to focus on the lives of Ghanaians living in Europe. The film was the first of three films in a series sharing that name the others being Double Trouble (Mamma Mia Part 2) (1998) and Black is Black (Mamma Mia 3) (2000). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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