Sankofa (film)
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| Directed by | Haile Gerima |
| Starring | Kofi Ghanaba Oyafunmike Ogunlano Alexandra Duah |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Burkina Faso / Germany / Ghana / U.S.A. / U.K. |
| Language | English |
Sankofa is a 1993 Burkinabé drama film directed by Haile Gerima.
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[edit] Plot
The story follows Mona, a contemporary model, as she is visited by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past, where, as a house servant named Shola she is constantly abused by her slave masters. Nunu, an African-born field hand, and Shango, Shola's West Indian love interest, all continuously rebel against the slave system. For Nunu this means direct conflict with her son (whose father is a white man) benefiting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu and Shango's determination to defy the system, Shola finally chooses to fight back against her masters.
[edit] Cast
- Kofi Ghanaba
- Oyafunmike Ogunlano
- Alexandra Duah
- Nick Medley
- Mutabaruka
- Afemo Omilami
- Reggie Carter
- Mzuri
- Jimmy Lee Savage
- Hasinatu Camara
- Jim Faircloth
- Stanley Michelson
- John A. Mason
- Louise Reid
- Roger Doctor
- Alditz McKenzie
- Chrispan Rigby
- Maxwell Parris
- Hossana Ghanaba
[edit] Nominations
The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Berlinale: 1993 Programme". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1993/02_programm_1993/02_Programm_1993.html. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
[edit] External links
[edit] Further reading
- Sylvie Kandé and Joe Karaganis, "Look Homeward, Angel: Maroons and Mulattos in Haile Gerima's "Sankofa", Research in African Literatures, 29 (Summer, 1998), pp. 128-146
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