ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

At the same he was attending the University of Ghana, Kobina played a pivotal role in launching a private television in his native Ghana, creating shows for the pioneering Metro TV. He went on to major in Broadcast Communications at Barry University in Miami, Florida.

Upon graduation, he worked as new media producer for Warner Bros. Publications and then worked for Intel Computer Clubhouse, a nonprofit initiative of the Boston Museum of Science and the MIT Media Lab, helping under-served youth become technologically fluent. In 2005, he switched from his MBA studies to pursue a Master of Public Policy degree at Harvard Kennedy School of Government where he was Chief Editor of the Africa Policy Journal and a student delegate at the 2007 International Achievement Summit.

He has performed independent consulting work for the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates and the office of the President of Rwanda. He currently works in Washington, DC and makes documentaries out of intellectual curiosity. He doesn’t consider himself a filmmaker; he considers himself a public policy analyst with a camera, and aims to make compelling, analytical documentaries of public consequence.