Haile Gerima
Director
Sankofa (1993)
On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.africa, tmdb.slavery, tmdb.freedom, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.fresh, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity + 32 more, imdb.west-indies, imdb.model, imdb.fashion, imdb.plantation, imdb.africa, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.romantic-obsession, imdb.rape, imdb.murder, imdb.priest, imdb.black-independent-film, imdb.memory, imdb.african, imdb.self-realization, imdb.slave-revolt, imdb.plantation-owner, imdb.beating, imdb.identity-crisis, imdb.baby, imdb.african-diaspora, imdb.slave, imdb.interracial-relationship, imdb.sexual-abuse, imdb.spiritualism, imdb.self-determination, imdb.motherhood, imdb.sadomasochism, imdb.church, imdb.sexual-exploitation, imdb.religious-fanaticism, imdb.independent-film
Production Companies: Diproci, Ghana National Commission on Culture, Mypheduh Films, Negod-Gwad Productions, NDR + 2 more, Film4 Productions, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Country: United States
Production Countries:
Burkina Faso,
Germany,
Ethiopia,
United Kingdom,
Ghana,
United States
Languages:
English,
Akan
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124 min
May 28, 1993
Released
$1,000,000
$2,691,899
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