The Burial of Kojo (2018)
The Burial of Kojo (2018)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Cynthia Dankwa
Esi
Joseph Otsiman
Kojo
Kobina Amissah-Sam
Kwabena
Mamley Djangmah
Ama
Ama K. Abebrese
Narrator
Ama K. Abebrese
Older Esi (Narrator) / Producer
Henry Adofo
Apalu
Anima Misa
Nana
Brian Angels
Sergeant Asare
Joe Addo
Detective Koomson
Emanuel Nerttey
Young Kojo
Edward Dankwa
Young Kwabena
Zalfa Odonkor
Adwoa
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Co-Executive Producer
Blitz Bazawule
Director / Music / Producer / Editor / Writer / Casting
Richard Tettey
Sound Recordist
Kwaku Obeng Boateng
Co-Producer / Editor
Terence Nance
Associate Producer / Producer
Jesse Williams
Executive Producer
Myles Mcdonald
Sound Mixer
Stone Mason
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Kojo Sampah
Visual Effects
James Bartlett
Associate Producer
Mawuli Akpabi
Production Manager
Reginald Kwasi Kyere
Production Manager
Afriyie Frimpong
Costume Design
Worlanyo F. Ansah
Script Supervisor
Josiah Woodson
Music Arranger
Michael Atatsi
Boom Operator
Caroline Trimborn
Executive Producer
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Associate Producer
Mariam Musa
Makeup Artist
Emmanuel Sarpong Darko
Gaffer
Selorm Dotse Kudiabor
Production Design
Bamie Lammeh Yesseh
Assistant Camera
Jumic Emma Anderson
First Assistant Director
Ross Mcdonald
Sound Mixer
Michael Fernandez
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Burial of Kojo is a 2018 Ghanaian drama film written, composed and directed by Blitz Bazawule. Produced by Bazawule, Ama K. Abebrese and Kwaku Obeng Boateng, it was filmed entirely in Ghana on a micro-budget, with local crew and several first-time actors. The film tells the story of Kojo, who is left to die in an abandoned gold mine, as his young daughter Esi travels through a spirit land to save him.
It had its world premiere in New York on 21 September 2018, at the Urban World Film Festival, where it was recognized as Best Narrative Feature (World Cinema). The film received nine nominations at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards and won two, including Best First Feature Film by a Director. It is distributed by ARRAY and was released on streaming service Netflix on 31 March 2019, making it the first Ghanaian film to premiere in selected countries worldwide, on Netflix.