Sinima a Ghana ta fara ne lokacin da aka fara gabatar da fim na farko zuwa masarautar Burtaniya ta Kogin Zinare (yanzu Ghana) a 1923. A lokacin mutane masu wadata ne kawai ke iya ganin fina-finai, musamman ma jagoran mulkin mallaka na Kogin Zinare. A cikin shekarun 1950, shirya fim a Ghana ya fara ƙaruwa. Gidajen sinima sune filin firamare don kallon fina-finai har bidiyo na gida ya zama sananne. A farkon 1920s, mutane a kamfanoni masu zaman kansu sun kawo fim a Ghana (sannan Kogin Zinare) ta hanyar buɗe siniman a cikin birane. Zuwa 1923, sinima ta zama sabon salo na nishadi, kuma masu hannu da shuni ne kawai ke iya ganin finafinan da ake nunawa a gidajen sinima. Fina-finai sun kasance a cikin rukunin farko, wannan shine masarautan mulkin mallaka da manyan jami'ansu. Daga baya akan yi amfani da motocin daukar silima a yankunan karkara. A cikin 1948, lokacin da masanan mulkin mallaka suka gano cewa fim, banda ƙimar nishaɗin sa, ana iya amfani dashi don wankin kwakwalwa da canza al'umma ta hanyar mai yin fim, ya yanke shawarar kafa Kungiyar Fim ta Kogin Zinare a Sashin Bayanai na Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka.