{"id":247,"date":"2011-11-17T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/squishypaw.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/17\/an-african-election-director-qa-at-the-gate-cinema-on-tuesday-22nd-november"},"modified":"2012-03-20T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T12:17:56","slug":"an-african-election-director-qa-at-the-gate-cinema-on-tuesday-22nd-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehill.co.uk\/index.php\/an-african-election-director-qa-at-the-gate-cinema-on-tuesday-22nd-november\/","title":{"rendered":"An African Election + Director Q&#038;A at The Gate Cinema on Tuesday, 22nd November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/squishypaw.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/an_african_election_image_press_catalogue_rally_crowd_still_1_by_jarrethmerz_thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/squishypaw.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/an_african_election_image_press_catalogue_rally_crowd_still_1_by_jarrethmerz_thumb.jpg?w=300\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturehouses.co.uk\/cinema\/Gate_Picturehouse\/\">The Gate Cinema<\/a> in Notting Hill will be hosting a screening of the film <i>An African Election <\/i>next Tuesday, 22nd November, which will be followed by a question and answer session with director Jarreth Merz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Set against the backdrop of Ghana&#8217;s 2008 presidential elections, the documentary film follows the election&#8217;s key players over a period of almost three months, providing an unprecedented insider&#8217;s view of the political, economic and social forces at work in the country. 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