Sankofa (film)

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Sankofa

The DVD cover
Directed by Haile Gerima
Starring Kofi Ghanaba
Oyafunmike Ogunlano
Alexandra Duah
Release date(s) 1993
Running time 124 min.
Country Burkina Faso / Germany / Ghana / U.S.A. / U.K.
Language English
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Sankofa is a 1993 drama film directed by Haile Gerima.

[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, a mulatto 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] Nominations

The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.

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