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Sankofa [videorecording] / in co-production with the Ghana National Commission on Culture, Diproci of Burkina Faso, NDR/WDR Television ; in association with Channel 4 ; a film by Haile Gerima. - Washington, D.C. : Mypheduh Films, Inc., c2003. - 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Historical drama. Title from opening frames. "Negod-Gwad Productions presents" --At head of title. Videodisc release of the 1993 motion picture.

Producer/director/writer/editor, Haile Gerima ; co-producer, Shirikiana Aina ; photography, Agustin Cubano ; music, David J. White. Producer/director/writer/editor, Haile Gerima ; co-producer, Shirikiana Aina ; photography, Agustin Cubano ; music, David J. White.

Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah, Nick Medley, Mutabaruka, Afemo Omilami, Reginald Carter, Mzuri.

The story about the transformation of Mona, 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.


DVD.


In English with other languages with English subtitles.

Agip Grand Prix, African Cinema Festival, Milan, Italy.

Standard No.: 094922938107

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Enslaved persons--United States--Drama.
African Americans--Race identity--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Melodrama.
Melodrama--Feature.

LC Class. No.: DVD PN 1997 / .S26 2003