Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $2.69M worldwide, about 2.7 times its $1M budget
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Setting
Set in Ghana
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Haile GerimaWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 28, 1993
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1M
- Revenue
- $2.7M
- Countries
- Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production
Cast
- Kofi GhanabaSankofa
- Oyafunmike OgunlanoMona
- Alexandra DuahNunu
- Nick MedleyJoe
- MutabarukaShango
Afemo OmilamiNoble Ali
Reginald CarterFather Raphael- MzuriLucy
- Jimmy Lee SavageMussa
- Hasinatu CamaraJumma
- Jim FairclothJames
- Stanley MichelsonMr. Lafayette
- John A. MasonBig Boy
- Louise ReidEsther
- Roger DoctorNathan
- Alditz McKenzieKuta
- Chrispan RigbyPhotographer
- Maxwell ParrisBaby Ngozi
- Hossana GhanabaLinguist for Sankofa
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