Akosua Adoma Owusu Black Sunshine

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Akosua Adoma Owusu is an American filmmaker and artist of Ghanaian descent. She received an MFA in the Schools of Film/Video and Fine Art from CalArts in 2008. Owusu’s films are informed by traditions in experimental filmmaking, ethnography and cultural representation. She has exhibited worldwide, including at The Museum of Modern Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Centre Pompidou, The Smithsonian Institute, Rotterdam Film Festival, Viennale and London Film Festival, among others. Owusu’s work has been featured in The New York Times, SF Weekly, Film Threat and ArtForum.  Her films include Intermittent Delight, Drexciya and Me Broni Ba (My White Baby)—all of which won several Best Documentary awards, including a Golden Gate Award Nomination at the San Francisco International Festival in 2009. My White Baby is being distributed by The Cinema Guild. Owusu was a featured artist at the 56th Robert Flaherty Seminar and recipient of Focus Features Africa First.

www.akosuaadoma.com, www.mebroniba.com,


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2012

    Festival del film Locarno

    Owusu’s feature film, Black Sunshine, is selected in Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors co-production mart

  • 2012

    The Sarah Jacobson Film Grant

    Owusu receives 2012 Sarah Jacobson Film Grant

  • 2012

    Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

    Owusu’s film, SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL, is included in the International Competition of the 58th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

  • 2012

    Images Film Festival

    Owusu’s short, SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL, screens as part of the Images Film Festival’s 25th Anniversary in Canada

  • 2012

    Studio Museum Exhibition

    Owusu’s short film, SPLIT ENDS, I FEEL WONDERFUL, premieres in The Bearden Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem

  • 2012

    Toronto International Film Festival

    Owusu’s film, DREXCIYA, is included in the Toronto International Film Festival’s African Shorts program

  • 2012

    Commission

    Owusu wins Focus Features Africa First commission, which supports emerging African filmmakers making short films

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