Location: Hubbard Hall, Room 208

Sankofa has been described as "unashamedly Afrocentric and proud … artistic, challenging and essential" and "an unrelenting but never  exploitative portrayal of the great slave diaspora of the 18th and 19th centuries" by Letterboxd. This is a free screening of the recently restored and highly lauded and moving film, originally released in 1993. There will be a special performance by local creative Blk Sol before the screening.

About Sankofa
While in West Africa, a young model named Mona (Oyafunmike Ogunlano) encounters an old mystic and gets transported into the past where she is enslaved on a plantation. See the Sankofa Learning Companion for additional resources to read before and after the film.

In order to attend, you must register for the event.

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For more information, contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 316-978-3034.

Cosponsored by mama.film, Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Office of Engagement