Filmmaker and HU professor Haile Gerima’s groundbreaking film, “Sankofa,” received a restoration and re-release on Netflix this Fall, 27 years after its initial release. When Gerima first produced the film, it swept up awards and nominations, including from the Berlin Film Festival, African Cinema Festival, AFI Film Festival, FESPACO Pan-African Film Festival, among others. However, distributors bypassed the film, and Gerima chose to distribute the film himself. In the Fall of 2021, director Ava DuVernay’s distribution company, Array, restored and brought the movie to Netflix for re-release.
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‘Sankofa’ – a Film that Goes Back to the Past – Twice

This story appears in the Winter 2022 issue.