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(The Only Authorized DVD)
Film by Haile Gerima
Mypheduh Films, Inc.
Format: DVD (Color)
Duration: 125 minutes
Genre: Drama
Year: 1993
Description/Synopsis:
SANKOFA is an Akan word that means, one must return to the past in order to
move forward. Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering
in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past, where, as a house
servant called Shola she is constantly abused by the slave master. Nunu, an
African-born field hand, and Shango, Sholas West Indian Lover, continuously
rebel against the slave system. For Nunu this means direct conflict with her
son, a mulatto benefitting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu
and Shangos determination to defy the system, Shola finally takes her fate into
her own hands.
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