Direction: Akosua Adoma Owusu

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Ajube Kete (S)

2005 · Documentary · 6 min. · Ghana

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Ama Brago · Emelia Adwoa Odame

Plot Part documentary, part fiction, Ajube Kete is positioned as a day in the life of a West African girl. Filmed in the village of Kumasi, Ghana the story follows a...

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Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful (S)

2012 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot A unique exploration of fashion and hairstyles in the 1970s using found footage as the subject matter.

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White Afro (S)

2019 · Movie · 6 min. · Ghana

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On Monday of Last Week (S)

2018 · Movie · 14 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Karyn Parsons · Peter Rini · Chinasa Ogbuagu · Jill Shackner

Plot On Monday of Last Week follows Kamara, a Nigerian woman, on her journey to self-realization. When Tracy, an artist, finally emerges from her studio one afternoon, Kamara, her son's nanny,...

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Drexciya (S)

2010 · Documentary · 12 min. · Ghana

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot A portrait of a dilapidated Olympic-sized pool in Accra, Ghana.

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My White Baby (S)

2009 · Documentary · 22 min. · Ghana

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding...

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Bus Nut (S)

2015 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast MaameYaa Boafo

Plot Bus Nut re-articulates the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a political and social protest against US racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery Alabama and its relationship to an...

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Mahogany Too (S)

2018 · Movie · 3 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Esosa E.

Plot Inspired by Nollywood's distinct re-imagining in the form of sequels, Mahogany Too, interprets the 1975 cult classic, Mahogany, a fashion-infused romantic drama. Starring Nigerian actress Esosa E., Mahogany Too, examines...

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Reluctantly Queer (S)

2016 · Movie · 8 min. · Ghana

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Kwame Edwin Otu

Plot This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettling life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his love for same-sex desire.

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Kwaku Ananse

2013 · Movie · 26 min. · Ghana

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Jojo Abot · Koo Nimo · Grace Omaboe · Karim Adam

Plot The traditional West African fable of Kwaku Ananse is combined with the story of a young outsider named Nyan Koronhwea attending her estranged father's funeral. Nyan's father led two separate...

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Boyant (S)

2008 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot Michael Jordan learns how to swim.

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Tea 4 Two (S)

2006 · Documentary · 2 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot Beautiful Chrissy plays with Miss Mary Mack.

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Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us (S)

2019 · Documentary · 9 min. · Germany

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot Freely inspired by a letter from W.E.B. Du Bois to the U.S. Embassy of Brazil in 1927 concerning attitudes and discrimination towards Black American travelers.

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Intermittent Delight (S)

2007 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Plot Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s...

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