Teddy awardCC BY 3.0File pageAkosua Adoma Owusu
- film director
- screenwriter
- film producer
- cinematographer
- television producer
- Born 1984-01-01 (age 42)
- Nationality Ghana, United States
- Years active 2008–present
Known for
- 2010
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kwaku Ananse | Short | director | 29 |
| 2010 |  Drexciya | Short | director | 26 |
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- Kwaku Anansedirector
- Kwaku Anansescreenwriter
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Instead of 'Africanizing' Western stories, I'm interested in reclaiming African history rendering them into what is happening in the present day.
Read the full quoteI would like to insert myself in the tradition of African storytelling through cinematic language.
Read the full quoteBeing a Black woman who was born and raised in America to African parents is, naturally, where I draw my inspiration from as an artist and filmmaker.
Read the full quoteThrough my artwork and films, I hope to open audiences up to a new dialogue between the continents of Africa and America; one that incorporates more than just stereotypes, but includes both conventionalized and…
Read the full quoteMy definition of success isn’t about the accolades and the awards, but being authentic and consistent in my work and opening audiences up to seeing other perspectives in film.
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- Ghana, United States
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 2008–
- Education
- California Institute of the Arts, University of Virginia