First released in 1993, the film went onto score numerous awards and are available to be one among the foremost influential movies from the region. Now, it’ll be getting a 4K restoration and released under the ARRAY banner.
The movie tells the story of a African-American mannequin named Mona appearing during a photoshoot at Cape Coast in Ghana. She’s transported back in time however and experiences slavery through the eyes of Shola. Through this experience “Mona recovers and confronts her ancestral identity and knowledge .”
The movie starred Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano and Alexandra Duah You can see a brief preview clip of the first movie (not in its 4K restoration that Netflix will recieve) below We’re told Netflix will receive the movie in select countries including the us , Canada, uk , Australia, and New Zealand who will all stream the movie from September 24th.
Ahead of the discharge on both Netflix and a limited theatrical release, president of ARRAY, Tilane Jones said: “Mr. and Mrs. Gerima are trailblazers of independent filmmaking and grassroots distribution within the Black cinematic diaspora. ARRAY Releasing is abundantly honored and proud to possess been selected by The Gerimas to introduce their landmark film to new audiences with a remastered re-release of the masterpiece, SANKOFA.”
For those unfamiliar, ARRAY is distribution house found out by Ava DuVernay (who will return to Netflix next month with the discharge of Colin in Black & White). The outfit works to distribute films from minorities or those that would otherwise get overlooked at larger studios. the foremost recent release from ARRAY onto Netflix was Cousins in late July 2021.
For years, Netflix has had an overall output affect the studio and streamed the bulk of their titles and Sankofa is not any exception You can find a full list of ARRAY titles on Netflix here. As per all of ARRAY’s releases on Netflix, Sankofa are going to be available on Netflix for 3 years until September 2024.
