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Sankofa
Title
Sankofa [videorecording] / Negod-Gwad Productions in co-production with the Ghana National Commission on Culture, Diproci of Burkina Faso, NDR/WDR Television in association with Channel 4 ; produced by Haile Gerima ; co-producer, Shirikiana Aina ; writer, director, Haile Gerima.
Published
Wash., D.C. : Mypheduh Films, [1993?]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Director of photography, Agustin Cuban; editor, Haile Gerima; music, David J. White.
Summary
"Sankofa, an Akan word meaning, "one must return to the past in order to move forward," is the story about the transformation of a self-possessed African-American woman sent on a spiritual journey in time to experience the pain of slavery and the discovery of her African identity"--Box.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
African and Africans of the diaspora film series
Credits
Director of photography, Agustin Cuban; editor, Haile Gerima; music, David J. White.
Performers
Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah, Nick Medley, Mutabaruka.
System details note
VHS.
Subjects
Also listed under
Mypheduh Films.
Negod-Gwad Productions.
Ghana. National Commission on Culture.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
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