Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu • 2013 • Ghana
Starring Jojo Abot, Koo Nimo, Grace Omaboe
Drawing upon the rich mythology of Ghana, this magical short combines semiautobiographical elements with local folklore to tell the story of a young American woman who returns to West Africa for her father’s funeral, only to discover his hidden double identity.
Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu • 2015 • United States
BUS NUT examines the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a political and social protest against U.S. racial segregation on the public-transit system of Montgomery, Alabama, and its relationship to an educational video on school-bus safety.
Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu • 2016 • Ghana
Starring Kwame Edwin Otu
This epistolary short film invites us into the unsettled life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his queer identity amid the increased tensions incited by Ghana’s anti-LGBT politics. ...
Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu • 2018 • United States
Starring Chinasa Ogbuagu, Peter Rini, Karyn Parsons
A story by acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie provides the basis for this exploration of race, liberalism, and sexuality centered on an encounter between a Nigerian woman and...
