About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1984-01-01
Place of birth:
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Website:
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Akosua Adoma Owusu

Overview

Akosua Adoma Owusu (b. 1984) is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker, producer, and cinematographer whose films address the collision of identities. Interpreting the notion of "double consciousness," coined by sociologist and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois to define the experience of black Americans negotiating selfhood in the face of discrimination and cultural dislocation, Owusu aims to create a third cinematic space or consciousness. In her works, feminism, queerness, and African identities interact in African, white American, and black American cultural environments.

Named by Indiewire as one of 6 pre-eminent Avant-Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema, she was a featured artist of the 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar programmed by renowned critic and film curator Dennis Lim. Owusu has exhibited worldwide including at the Berlinale, Rotterdam, Locarno, Toronto, New Directors/New Films (New York), and the BFI London Film Festival. She has won numerous fellowships and grants including from the Guggenheim Foundation, Westridge Foundation, Knight Foundation, Creative Capital, MacDowell Colony, Camargo Foundation and most recently from the Residency Program of the Goethe-Institut Salvador-Bahia. Currently, she divides her time between Ghana and New York, where she works as an Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

Akosua Adoma Owusu is represented by Andrew Farber at Farber Law LLC.

Known for

Directing
2020 King of Sanwi Directing Director 59
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2019 White Afro Directing Director 59
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2019 Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us Directing Director 59
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2018 On Monday of Last Week Directing Director N/A
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2018 Mahogany Too Directing Director N/A
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2016 Reluctantly Queer Directing Director 59
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2014 Bus Nut Directing Director 59
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2013 Kwaku Ananse Directing Director 59
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2012 Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful Directing Director 59
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2010 Drexciya Directing Director 58
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2009 My White Baby Directing Director 59
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2008 Boyant Directing Director N/A
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2007 Intermittent Delight Directing Director 59
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2006 Tea 4 Two Directing Director 59
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2005 Ajube Kete Directing Director 59
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Writing
2018 On Monday of Last Week Writing Screenplay N/A
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2013 Kwaku Ananse Writing Writer 59
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2010 Drexciya Writing Writer 58
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2009 My White Baby Writing Writer 59
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2006 Tea 4 Two Writing Writer 59
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2005 Ajube Kete Writing Writer 59
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Production
2019 White Afro Production Producer 59
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2018 Mahogany Too Production Producer N/A
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2016 Reluctantly Queer Production Producer 59
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2014 Bus Nut Production Producer 59
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2014 Afronauts Production Executive Producer 59
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2013 Kwaku Ananse Production Producer 59
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2012 Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful Production Producer 59
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2010 Drexciya Production Producer 58
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2009 My White Baby Production Producer 59
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2007 Intermittent Delight Production Producer 59
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Camera
2019 White Afro Camera Director of Photography 59
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2019 Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us Camera Director of Photography 59
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2009 My White Baby Camera Director of Photography 59
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Crew
2016 Reluctantly Queer Crew Cinematography 59
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2014 Bus Nut Crew Cinematography 59
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2010 Drexciya Crew Cinematography 58
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2007 Intermittent Delight Crew Cinematography 59
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Editing
2016 Reluctantly Queer Editing Editor 59
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2012 Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful Editing Editor 59
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2009 My White Baby Editing Co-Editor 59
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2007 Intermittent Delight Editing Editor 59
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2006 Untitled #1 Editing Editor 59
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