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By Richard Brody (868) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 27 Aug 2017

With this intricate web of personal and family connections, and the brave maneuvering in the face of the overseers’ commands, Gerima is doing…

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By Lovia Gyarkye (142) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 19 Nov 2014

Sankofa’s marvels range from Gerima’s meticulous editing style and electrifying use of music to his liberating nonlinear storytelling techniques…

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By Robert Daniels (336) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 27 Jun 2009

Gerima’s Sankofa is an invocation not just to African ancestors, but also the present-day viewer…

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By Geoff Andrew (550) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Feb 2006

While there's no doubting the sincerity of writer/director Gerima's film, one can't help sensing more than a little déjà vu in his account…

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By Caryn James (352) for The New York Times (9,847) on 03 Jun 1996

[Mr. Gerima's] film is ambitious in its depiction of slavery and accomplished in its visual command…

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Jan 1995

Sankofa unfolds as a kind of oratorio--the film’s music in itself is incredibly rich and intoxicating--in which people deal with terrible…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 17 Nov 1994

It’s a poetic, mystical and meandering immersion in the life-as-a-slave experience, both for the viewer and for our on-screen surrogate…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 23 Apr 1994

The focus of [Germina's] story is rebellion and liberation and treating his story as a sombre fable of a soul’s journey through time, he…

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Film critics gave Sankofa (1993) an average score of 90%, indicating generally very positive reviews.

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