Akosua Adoma Owusu is an award-winning Ghanaian-American filmmaker. Four of her films are part of the Whitney American Art Museum Collection. She is adapting the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie story On Monday Of Last Week into a film.
Films
On Monday of Last Week
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(2018)
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.
Reluctantly Queer
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(2016)
A young gay man from Ghana struggles to reconcile his love for his mother with his sexuality through a series of letters.
Bus Nut
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(2015)
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.
Kwaku Ananse
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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.
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful
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(2012)
A unique exploration of fashion and hairstyles in the 1970s using found footage as the subject matter. Part of the Whitney Museum of American Art Collection.
Me Broni Ba
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(2009)
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.
Intermittent Delight
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(2007)
1960s op, mod, and psychedelic fashions appropriate the fabric of African women textile makers’ lives as treadle pulses blend with African beats. Part of the Whitney Museum of American Art Collection.
Ajube Kete
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(2005)
Part documentary, part fiction, Ajube Kete follows the 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. The girl attempts to complete her chores amidst ridicule by older voices heard off-screen.
