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Akosua Adoma Owusu

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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Akosua Adoma Owusu (*1984) is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker whose films address a collision of identities, where the African immigrant in America has a triple consciousness. Named by IndieWire as one of six preeminent «Avant-Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema», she was a featured artist of the 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar programmed by renowned critic and film curator Dennis Lim. She has exhibited worldwide, including at the Centre Pompidou, at Berlinale, Rotterdam, Locarno, Toronto, New Directors/New Films (NY), and London (BFI). Her short film «Kwaku Ananse» won the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award, and her recent short «White Afro» received the Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Prize at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. She is a recipient of the 2020 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists.

Akosua Adoma Owusu is represented by Andrew Farber at Farber Law LLC.
BornJanuary 1, 1984
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 47 nominations total

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    Known for

    Me broni ba (2009)
    Me broni ba
    6.4
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2009
    Akosua Adoma Owusu in Kwaku Ananse (2013)
    Kwaku Ananse
    6.7
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2013
    Drexciya (2010)
    Drexciya
    5.2
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2010
    Nana Saah Adwubi Kete and Akosua Adoma Owusu in White Afro (2019)
    White Afro
    5.6
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Save the Rex (2021)
      Save the Rex
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Nana Saah Adwubi Kete and Akosua Adoma Owusu in White Afro (2019)
      White Afro
      5.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us (2019)
      Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us
      5.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Karyn Parsons, Peter Rini, Jill Shackner, Chinasa Ogbuagu, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Akosua Adoma Owusu in On Monday of Last Week (2018)
      On Monday of Last Week
      5.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Esosa E. and Akosua Adoma Owusu in Mahogany Too (2018)
      Mahogany Too
      5.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Kwame Edwin Otu in Reluctantly Queer (2016)
      Reluctantly Queer
      6.7
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • MaameYaa Boafo in Bus Nut (2015)
      Bus Nut
      5.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Afronauts (2014)
      Afronauts
      6.5
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Kwaku Ananse (2013)
      Kwaku Ananse
      6.7
      Short
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful (2012)
      Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful
      5.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Drexciya (2010)
      Drexciya
      5.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Me broni ba (2009)
      Me broni ba
      6.4
      Short
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Boyant
      5.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Intermittent Delight (2007)
      Intermittent Delight
      6.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Tea 4 Two (2006)
      Tea 4 Two
      5.8
      Short
      • producer (as Akosua Adoma)
      • 2006

    Director



    • Court-circuit (2001)
      Court-circuit
      5.9
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2022
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Save the Rex (2021)
      Save the Rex
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Nana Saah Adwubi Kete and Akosua Adoma Owusu in White Afro (2019)
      White Afro
      5.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us (2019)
      Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us
      5.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Karyn Parsons, Peter Rini, Jill Shackner, Chinasa Ogbuagu, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Akosua Adoma Owusu in On Monday of Last Week (2018)
      On Monday of Last Week
      5.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Esosa E. and Akosua Adoma Owusu in Mahogany Too (2018)
      Mahogany Too
      5.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Kwame Edwin Otu in Reluctantly Queer (2016)
      Reluctantly Queer
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • MaameYaa Boafo in Bus Nut (2015)
      Bus Nut
      5.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Kwaku Ananse (2013)
      Kwaku Ananse
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful (2012)
      Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful
      5.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Drexciya (2010)
      Drexciya
      5.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Me broni ba (2009)
      Me broni ba
      6.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Boyant
      5.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Intermittent Delight (2007)
      Intermittent Delight
      6.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Tea 4 Two (2006)
      Tea 4 Two
      5.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006

    Cinematographer



    • Nana Saah Adwubi Kete and Akosua Adoma Owusu in White Afro (2019)
      White Afro
      5.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us (2019)
      Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us
      5.5
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Esosa E. and Akosua Adoma Owusu in Mahogany Too (2018)
      Mahogany Too
      5.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Kwame Edwin Otu in Reluctantly Queer (2016)
      Reluctantly Queer
      6.7
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • MaameYaa Boafo in Bus Nut (2015)
      Bus Nut
      5.9
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Drexciya (2010)
      Drexciya
      5.2
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Me broni ba (2009)
      Me broni ba
      6.4
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Intermittent Delight (2007)
      Intermittent Delight
      6.1
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Tea 4 Two (2006)
      Tea 4 Two
      5.8
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Akosua Adoma Owusu in Ajube Kete (2005)
      Ajube Kete
      5.2
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2005

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    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative name
      • Akosua Adoma
    • Born
      • January 1, 1984
      • Alexandria, Virginia, USA

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      She is the former student of prolific cinematographer Kevin Jerome Everson.
    • Quotes
      Instead of 'Africanizing' Western stories, I'm interested in reclaiming African history rendering them into what is happening in the present day.
    • Nicknames
      • Adoma
      • Adoma Owusu
      • Akosua Owusu
      • Akosua

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