Kwaku Ananse (2013)

Directed by

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman attends her estranged father's funeral and goes into the woods looking for him. The film blends her story with traditional West African trickster tales about a spider-man named Kwaku Ananse.

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What happens

Kwaku Ananse is a 2013 short film directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu. The short film combines semi-autobiographical elements with the tale of Kwaku Ananse, a trickster in West African and Caribbean stories who appears as both a spider and a man. The fable of Kwaku Ananse is combined with the story of a young outsider named Nyan Koronhwea, who attends her estranged father's funeral. At the funeral, she retreats to the woods in search of her father. The film starred legendary musician Koo Nimo and veteran actress Grace Omaboe. The screenplay was co-written by Pakistani-American filmmaker and entrepreneur Iram Parveen Bilal. The script was written for MaameYaa Boafo, a Pakistani born-Ghanaian actress, who was originally cast in the lead role as Nyan Koronhwea. However, the production team in New York City eventually decided to recast the character during the pre-production stage with Jojo Abot, an emerging Ghanaian artist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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