The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Haile GerimaWriter
- Haile GerimaDirector
- David J. WhiteOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
Themes
africafreedomslavery