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Sankofa: Full Cast & Crew 1993 Drama
SANKOFA follows Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano), a Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Cape Coast, Ghana. Through Mr. Gerima's imaginative storytelling, she undergoes a journey back in time to a plantation in North America. There she becomes Shola, an enslaved African woman who labors in the master's house and experiences the horrors of slavery firsthand. In becoming Shola, Mona recovers and confronts her ancestral identity and experience. While enduring monstrous trauma at the hands of white men who owned people for profit, Shola's interactions with her fellow enslaved Africans are rich with humanity, respect and dignity for one another. Most notably, she connects with Shango (Mutabaruka), a rebellious African man who toils in the fields, and Nunu (Alexandra Duah), one of the few of the enslaved to remember her life in Africa before being stolen and terrorized by European traders. Released: May 28, 1993 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Haile Gerima Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing Oyafunmike Ogunlano Mona Actor Kofi Ghanaba Sankofa Actor Alexandra Duah Nunu Actor Nick Medley Joe Actor Mutabaruka Shango Actor Afemo Omilami Noble Ali Actor Reggie Carter Father Raphael Actor Mzuri Lucy Actor Jimmy Lee Savage Mussa Actor Augustin Cubano Cinematographer David J. White Original Music Kerry Marshall Production Design Tracey White Costume Design