Loading…
Watch later Favorite Download Rate

Jarreth Merz:
Filming democracy in Ghana

TEDGlobal 2011 · 8:36 · Filmed Jul 2011
Subtitles available in 33 languages
View interactive transcript
Share this idea Watch Later Download Rate Embed this talk
Other sharing services
Other sharing services
372,081 Total views
Your impact
Share this talk and
track your influence!

Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy — and about himself.

Jarreth Merz
Filmmaker
Jarreth Merz' new film, "An African Election," follows the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana from start to finish. Full bio
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.
Playlists to watch
Browse all

Related talks

17:07

Andrew Mwenda
Aid for Africa? No thanks.

18:49

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The danger of a single story

7:02

David Bismark
E-voting without fraud

4:38

Bassam Tariq
The beauty and diversity of Muslim life

18:40

Khadija Gbla
My mother’s strange definition of empowerment

14:48

Robert Muggah
How to protect fast-growing cities from failing

Discuss

52 comments

Enthusiastically agree? Respectfully beg to differ? Have your say here.

2000 characters remaining
Please or sign up to add comments.
Sort comments by
There are currently no comments for this talk.
Show more comments