Sankofa (1993)

2h 4m
Running Time

May 28, 1993
Release Date

Sankofa (1993)

2h 4m
Running Time

May 28, 1993
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
NDR
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Mypheduh Films
Film4 Productions
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Plot.

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.

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Cast & Crew.

Jimmy Lee Savage

Jimmy Lee Savage

Mussa

Hasinatu Camara

Hasinatu Camara

Jumma

Jim Faircloth

Jim Faircloth

James

Stanley Michelson

Stanley Michelson

Mr. Lafayette

John A. Mason

John A. Mason

Big Boy

Louise Reid

Louise Reid

Esther

Roger Doctor

Roger Doctor

Nathan

Alditz McKenzie

Alditz McKenzie

Kuta

Chrispan Rigby

Chrispan Rigby

Photographer

Maxwell Parris

Maxwell Parris

Baby Ngozi

Hossana Ghanaba

Hossana Ghanaba

Linguist for Sankofa

Haile Gerima

Haile Gerima

Director / Writer / Producer / Editor

Henry Brown

Henry Brown

Makeup Artist

Ada Marie Babino

Ada Marie Babino

Line Producer

Babeto Matthews

Babeto Matthews

Assistant Director

Agustín Cubano

Agustín Cubano

Director of Photography

Details.

Release Date
May 28, 1993

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 4m

Budget
$1,000,000

Box Office
$2,691,899

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

africa
slavery
freedom

Wiki.

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. The word Sankofa derives its meaning from the Ghanaian Akan language which means to "go back, look for, and gain wisdom, power and hope," according to Dr. Anna Julia Cooper. The word Sankofa stresses the importance of one not drifting too far away from one's past in order to progress in the future. In the film, Sankofa is depicted by a bird and the chants and drumming of a Divine Drummer. Gerima's film showed the importance of not having people of African descent drift far away from their African roots. Gerima used the journey of the character Mona to show how the African perception of identity included recognizing one's roots and "returning to one’s source" (Gerima).

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