Sankofa
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.
- Released
- 1993
- Directed by
- Haile Gerima
- Starring
- Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah
- With
- Afemo Omilami, Nick Medley, Roger Doctor, Mutabaruka, Reginald Carter, Maxwell Parris, Alditz McKenzie, Jimmy Lee Savage, Jim Faircloth, Chrispan Rigby
- Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- DIPROCI, Ghana National Commission on Culture, Mypheduh Films, Negod-Gwad Productions, NDR, WDR, Film4 Productions
- Distributor
- Mypheduh Films
- Countries
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
- Running time
- 124 minutes (2 hr 4 min)