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5.9On 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.
Released: 1993-05-28124 minDir: Haile GerimaDrama, Fantasy, History, Science FictionBudget: $1.0MBox office: $2.7M
Cast
- Kofi Ghanaba as Sankofa
- Oyafunmike Ogunlano as Mona
- Alexandra Duah as Nunu
- Nick Medley as Joe
- Mutabaruka as Shango
- Afemo Omilami as Noble Ali
Themes
- africa
- freedom
- slavery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- slavery in the United States
- Director
- Haile Gerima
- Screenwriter
- Haile Gerima
- Narrative location
- Ghana
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 995549
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- publication date
- 1993-01-01
- title
- Sankofa
- review score
- 8.2/10
- different from
- Sankofa
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Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- العربية
- dag
- dga
- Egyptian Arabic
- Fula
- Haitian Creole
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Igbo
- Kinyarwanda
- kus
- Welsh
- Yoruba
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