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Sankofa ( Amharic: ሳንኮፋ) is a 1993 Ethiopian -produced drama film directed by Haile Gerima centered on the Atlantic slave trade. The storyline features Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Kofi Ghanaba, Mutabaruka, Alexandra Duah, and Afemo Omilami.
May 28, 1993 · A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the redemptive power of community and re... Read all.
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- Haile Gerima
- 1993-05-28
ARRAY Releasing has partnered with celebrated Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima for a 4K restoration of his groundbreaking 1993 film, SANKOFA.
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Sep 24, 2021 · Directed by Haile Gerima in 1993, the Ethiopian production “Sankofa” mystically and viscerally centered Black diaspora in a slave narrative. The idiosyncratic film opens with a Black man with white body paint banging on a set of drums while dissolves of sun-smeared fields complement underneath, leading to an intoxicating invocation to those ...
SANKOFA follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Cape Coast, Ghana. Through Mr. Gerima's imaginative storytelling, she undergoes a journey back in ...
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- Oyafunmike Ogunlano
- Haile Gerima
- Drama
Sep 28, 2021 · Movies. Movie Reviews. Critic’s Notebook: Delving Into the Languages of Haile Gerima’s Revered ‘Sankofa’. The Ethiopian-born filmmaker’s groundbreaking Ghana-set 1993 feature, newly remastered by...
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Powerful, moving and highly acclaimed, director Haile Gerima’s Sankofa is a masterpiece of cinema that has had a transformative impact on audiences since its release in 1993. This empowering film tells a story of slavery and of the African Diaspora from the perspective of the enslaved, challenging the romanticizing of slavery prevalent in ...
