Format: DVD (Color) Duration: 125 minutes Genre: Drama Year: 1993 upc: 094922938107 Description/Synopsis: SANKOFA is an Akan word that means, one must return to the past in order to move forward.
The film’s narrative structure follows the concept of «Sankofa,» an Akan word that signifies the recuperation of one’s past in order to comprehend the present and find one’s future. SANKOFA (The Only Authorized DVD) Film by Haile Gerima Mypheduh Films, Inc. Shola’s interactions with her fellow slaves are marked with humanity and dignity, most notably with Shango, a rebellious field slave, and Nunu, one of the few slaves to remember her life in Africa before being stolen by Europeans. She travels to the past where, as a house slave called Shola on a sugar plantation, she is constantly abused by the slave master. In becoming Shola and returning to her past culture and heritage, Mona is able to recover her lost slave identity and confront her ancestral experience. Sankofa Release Date: April 8th, 1994 Studio: Electric Triangle Message Boards: Post your comments Buy Movie: HD-DVD Blu-ray DVD VHS Synopsis: Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. Mona undergoes a journey back in time and place to a slave plantation in North America where she becomes Shola, a house slave, and experiences the suffering of slavery firsthand. The story begins with Mona, an African American model on a fashion shoot at the former slave castles in Cape Coast, Ghana. Unlike Hollywood’s depiction of slavery, Gerima presents the often suppressed history of slave resistance and rebellion and represents the enslaved as agents of their own liberation. Through films like DREAMING IN RIVERS (1988), she explores the. She is a filmmaker for whom representations of black women remain a central and complex narrative device. Lucia in the Caribbean and has lived in London since 1961. The film represents complex characters and empowering moments of resilience that assert humanity in the face of subjugation. Martine Attille is a member of the renowned Sankofa film group of black British filmmakers. This empowering film tells a story of slavery and of the African Diaspora from the. 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. Sankofa was developed from 20 years of research into the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the experiences of African slaves in the New World. Countries of origin: USA/Ghana/Burkina Faso/Germany.
This movie is the best and most intelligent story about the African Diaspora and Trans-Atlantic Slave multi-generational experience Ive seen. Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015. 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 American culture. 5.0 out of 5 stars Sankofa is a great movie to own.