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    Poster of the movie Sankofa
    1993     Comedy-drama    
    USA/Ghana/United Kingdom
    2h 4min

    A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the redemptive power of community and rebellion as she becomes a member of a freedom-seeking Maroon colony.

    Directed byHaile Gerima
    Written byHaile Gerima
    CompanyMypheduh FilmsMypheduh FilmsMypheduh Films

    Starring

    Kofi Ghanaba
    Oyafunmike Ogunlano
    Alexandra Duah
    Nick Medley
    Mutabaruka
    Afemo Omilami
    Reggie Carter
    Mzuri
    Jimmy Lee Savage
    Hasinatu Camara
    + MORE

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