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SANKOFA is an Akan word that means, one must return to the past in order to move forward. Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past where, as a house servant called Shola, she is constantly abused by the slave master. Nunu, an African-born field hand, and Shango, Shola's West Indian Lover, continuously rebel against the slave system. For Nunu this means direct conflict with her son, a mulatto benefiting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu and Shango's determination to defy the system, Shola finally takes her fate into her own hands.

Sankofa Video
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Daughters of the Dust set on the Sea Islands of the South Carolina coast, in a Gullah community at the turn of the century, Daughters of The Dust hits on the moment when an extended family is about to pick up and move to the mainland risking the loss of their identity and their African communal values. The farewell picnic, a ritual "last Supper', brings together the conflicting elements among the family's women, and the ensuing drama bears moving witness to the joys and pains that are the heritage of African American womanhood.

Daughters of the Dust Video
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SANKOFA is an Akan word that means, one must return to the past in order to move forward. Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past where, as a house servant called Shola, she is constantly abused by the slave master. Nunu, an African-born field hand, and Shango, Shola's West Indian Lover, continuously rebel against the slave system. For Nunu this means direct conflict with her son, a mulatto benefiting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu and Shango's determination to defy the system, Shola finally takes her fate into her own hands.