Sankofa isn’t ranked against other titles yet. It has ratings from 4 sites, but only 3,594 votes between them, and a title needs 5,000. The ratings below are everything we hold for it.
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Sankofa
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic users on 57, highest is Metacritic critics on 93. Critics average 93, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
Details
- Director
- Haile Gerima
- Writer
- Haile Gerima
- Released
- 28 May 1993
- Country
- Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- Akan, English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $2.7M
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Cast
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Awards
1 nomination
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