Giovanni “Gio” Messner ’04 film makes film festival debuts

Giovanni “Gio” Messner ’04 has had his film, “Ghana is in Africa,” named as an official selection of the 2005 Tiburon International Film Festival and the 2005 Cinequest Viewers Choice Award. The film follows a team of American women as they travel to Ghana, Africa, to help the women and children in impoverished rural villages. As a result, a member of the team is crowned queen of a small village. Messner majored in computer science at Carleton.

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Giovanni “Gio” Messner ’04 has had his film, “Ghana is in Africa,” named as an official selection of the 2005 Tiburon International Film Festival and the 2005 Cinequest Viewers Choice Award. The film follows a team of American women as they travel to Ghana, Africa, to help the women and children in impoverished rural villages. As a result, a member of the team is crowned queen of a small village. Messner majored in computer science at Carleton.