Direction: Akosua Adoma Owusu

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Ama Brago · Emelia Adwoa Odame

Synopsis 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 young girl as she works on chores throughout the day....

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

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

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Nana Saah Adwubi Kete

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

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

Synopsis 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, is inspired to become Tracy's muse.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

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

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Synopsis 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 on discarded white baby dolls from the West. The film...

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast MaameYaa Boafo

Synopsis 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 educational video on school bus safety.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Esosa E.

Synopsis 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 and revives Diana Ross' iconic portrayal of Tracy Chambers, a...

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Kwame Edwin Otu

Synopsis 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.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

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

Synopsis 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 lives with two wives and two families - one in...

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Cast Akosua Adoma Owusu

Synopsis Michael Jordan learns how to swim.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Synopsis Beautiful Chrissy plays with Miss Mary Mack.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Synopsis 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.

Direction Akosua Adoma Owusu

Synopsis 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 commercial- aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator...