Filmmakers:
Gyasiwa Ansah
Amma Asante
Yaba Badoe (UK)
Leila Djansi
Hawa Essuman (Ghana-Kenya)
Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Doris Kuwornu
Vera Mensah
Yvonne Kafui Nyarku
Akua Ofosuhene
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Veronica Quarshie-Nai
Efua Sutherland (deceased)
TIMELINE
1960s
Efua Sutherland (deceased 1996) Araba: The Village Story, documentary, 1967.
1970s
1980s
1990s
Yaba Badoe (UK) I Want Your Sex. Documentary. 1991.
Veronica Quashie. The Action Plan. Video, 28 min., fiction, 1992.
Veronica Quashie. Twin Lovers. Video, 100 min., fiction, 1995.
Veronica Quashie. Tears of Joy. Video, 114 min., fiction, 1996.
Vera Mensah. Broken Hearts. Video, 117 min., fiction, 1998.
Yvonne Kafui Nyarku. Asanka Delight. Video, 30 min., non-fiction series, 1998.
2000s
Amma Asante (UK) A Way of Life. 91 min., fiction, color, 2004.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Ajube Kete. 6 mn. 2005.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) Bad Faith, 4min., drama, 2006.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) Sk8ting Through the Boundaries Parts 1-3, 3x5 min. documentary, 2006.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) House Boats, 5 min. documentary, 2006.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Tea 4 Two. 2 min. 2007
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. In Different Shades of Blue. Television series. 2007.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) What is The Legacy of Slavery and Moving On?, 10 min., documentary, 2007.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) Keep Her. 10 min., fiction, 2007.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Intermittent Delight. 4 mn. 2007.
Leila Djansi (USA) Tulips, 2008.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. Life and Living it, fiction, 2008.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. Scorned, fiction, 2008.
Akua Ofosuhene Queen Yaa Asantewaa and the Golden Stool. 30 min., documentary, 2008.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) From Hay to Timbuktu, documentary, 2008.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) me broni ba. 22 mn. 2008.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Drexciya. 12 mn. 2008.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) BOYant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizon. 4 mn. 2008.
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Revealing Roots. 9 mn. 2008.
Leila Djansi (USA) I Sing of a Well, 2009.
Akua Ofosuhene (UK) Malcolm’s Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X, 2009.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. The Perfect Picture, fiction, 2009.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. A Sting in a Tail, fiction, 2009.
Yaba Badoe (UK) The Witches of Gambaga, documentary, 55 mn, 2010.
Leila Djansi (USA) Sinking Sands, 2010.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso. Checkmate, fiction, 2010
WORK IN PROGRESS
Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA) Body Waving II: White Afro
© Beti Ellerson 2004-2011. Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema