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Akosua Adoma Owusu
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“Instead of 'Africanizing' Western stories, I'm interested in reclaiming African history rendering them into what is happening in the present day.”
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would like to insert myself in the tradition of African storytelling through cinematic language.”
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a Black woman who was born and raised in America to African parents is, naturally, where I draw my inspiration from as an artist and filmmaker.”
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born 1984) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kwame Edwin Otu, "Akosua Adoma Owusu: Saving Rex Cinema", Design233, December 7, 2013.
“My definition of success isn’t about the accolades and the awards, but being authentic and consistent in my work and opening audiences up to seeing other perspectives in film.”
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born 1984) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Priscilla Djirackor Debar, "Meet the Ghanaian filmmaker who’s adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", True Africa, June 22, 2016.
“Through my artwork and films, I hope to open audiences up to a new dialogue between the continents of Africa and America; one that incorporates more than just stereotypes, but includes both conventionalized and un-conventionalized discourses of race in its service. By creating complex contradictions, I hope that new meaning can emerge and be deposited into the universal consciousness. If I can do this by creating an experience for the audience that enables them to experience what it is like to find oneself, while being foreign in a community, then perhaps I can help that new meaning come to light.”
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born 1984) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Leigh Anne Gialanella, "Spotlight On: Akosua Adoma Owusu", LSA, July 7, 2016.