Akosua Adoma Owusu

Akosua Adoma Owusu (dem born am January 1, 1984) be Ghanaian-American filmmaker den producer. Ein films explore de colliding identities of black immigrants wey dey America through multiple forms wey dey range from cinematic essays go experimental narratives go reconstructed Black popular media. If we interpret de notion of "double consciousness," wey ebi coin by sociologist den civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, Owusu dey aim say she go create sam third cinematic space or consciousness. For ein work insyd, feminism, queerness, den African dey identities dey interact for African, white American, den black American cultural spaces insyd."Akosua Adoma Owusu talks about triple consciousness". ArtForum. Retrieved 2019-05-03.MacArthur, Julie (18 September 2019). "The Aesthetics of Triple Consciousness". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

She be current Visiting Lecturer for Harvard University den de Pratt Institute for Brooklyn, New York.

 Ein early life den education 
Ebe Ghanaian parents wey born Owusu wey rais dem raise am for sam immigrant community wey dey Alexandria, Virginia. She be de youngest of three siblings for Grace den Albert A. Owusu, Snr. Owusu dey hold master's degrees for de School of Film/Video den School of Fine Art from California Institute of de Arts, wey she get am for 2008 insyd."40 Festivals and Counting: Me Broni Ba (my white baby) on the Film Circuit". California Institute of the Arts. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-21. She graduate plus Bachelors interdisciplinary degree for Media StudiesGovil, Nitin. "School of Cinematic Arts". USC Department of Critical Studies. Retrieved 2020-06-17. den Studio Art insyd plus distinction from de University of Virginia for 2005 insyd."University of Virginia Arts Magazine - Akosua Adoma Owusu". University of Virginia. Retrieved 2015-12-09. Owusu start ein career as post-production assistant for Chris Rock ein HBO documentary “Good Hair” (2009)."ME BRONI BA (MY WHITE BABY) - Cinema Guild Non-Theatrical". store.cinemaguild.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11. Soon thereafter, she transition go make ein own short, experimental films."Fowler In Focus: The Art of Hair in Africa" (PDF). Fowler Museum UCLA. Retrieved 2015-01-14.

 Ein career 
Shortly afta say she graduate from CalArts for 2008 insyd, na Owusu be featured artistLim, Dennis. "On Work: A Selection of Shorts – The Flaherty 2010" (PDF). National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2011-06-10."In Praise of Independents: The Flaherty". Lisa Hill. Retrieved 2011-06-27. of de 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar wey renowned critic den film curator Dennis Lim programme am."Dennis Lim". Dennis Lim. Retrieved 2016-02-18. Indiewire name am  as one of de six Avant-Garde Female Filmmakers Wey Redefine Cinema, den one of De Huffington Post‘s Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know,"30 Black Artists Under 40 You Should Know". The Huffington Post. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-18. Na Owusu be 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow"Akosua Adoma Owusu - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2023-10-11. den 2015 Guggenheim Fellow."2015 Guggenheim Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

For 2020 insyd, Owusu receive de Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists"Emerging Artist Awards". Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2019-11-20. Film for Lincoln Center bestow am."Lincoln Center Awards For Emerging Artists". Broadway World. Retrieved 2020-02-27.

Indiewire describe Owusu ein shape-shifting film style:Trafficking for de “complex contradictions” of blackness, displacement den memory, Owusu seamlessly transit between experimental cinema, fine art den African tradition so say ego create avant-garde films wey dey question de nature of identity.Page, Aubrey (7 October 2015). "6 Avant-Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-02-18.

 Ein permanent collections 
Dem include ein work for de permanent collections of de Whitney Museum of American Art,"Whitney Museum Collections". Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-09. de Centre Georges Pompidou,"Global(e) Resistance - Centre Pompidou Collections". Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-06-03. den de Fowler Museum for UCLA."Film Screening and Artist Talk: Akosua Adoma Owusu at Fowler Museum at UCLA". curate.la. Retrieved 2023-10-11.

 Rex Cinema 
For 2013 insyd, Owusu launch sam global Kickstarter initiative wey go ‘Save the Rex’!Akosua Adoma Owusu: Life & Save the Rex Project Part 1, retrieved 2023-10-11"Filmmaker battles to save historic Ghana cinema". Yahoo US. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-22."Filmmaker hoping to rejuvenate Ghana's dilapidated old cinemas". AFP news agency. Retrieved 2013-10-27. De Rex Cinema be one of Ghana ein oldest cinema houses. During sam tym of political insecurity for Ghana insyd for de 60s, 70s den 80s, na sam decline dey for Arts insyd. Dem close all of de cinema houses down for de wake of military coups den curfews. Owusu try save Rex Cinema for de purpose say she go preserve cinema houses.Rosen, Zachary. "Reimagining Ghana's Cinemaspace". Africa is a Country. Retrieved 2013-11-13. For 2016 insyd, Owusu develop sam screenplay wey edey base on ein global campaign give Save de Rex Cinema"Ghana : La jeune réalisatrice américano-ghanéenne Akosua Adoma Owusu fait revivre le Rex Cinéma". Opinion Internationale. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-04."Ghana: une réalisatrice se bat pour sauver le cinéma Rex". Jeune Afrique. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-28. for Ghana insyd for de Camargo Foundation wey dey Cassis, France.Owusu, Akosua Adoma. "Camargo Foundation". The Camargo Foundation - Save the Rex. Retrieved 2016-10-09.Owusu, Akosua Adoma. "Save the Rex". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-10. For 2017 insyd, De Guardian announce say na Owusu dey work for sam part-real life, part-fictionalized feature film about ein campaign so say ego restore de historic Rex cinema.McCool, Alice (6 March 2017). "Accra at 60: concrete heads and colonial questions in Ghana's capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-03-09. 

 Ein international accomplishments 
For 2015 insyd, Two films wey Owusu direct den produce na ebe critics' picks for Artforum magazine insyd.Sutton, Kate. "Akosua Adoma Owusu / Critics' Picks". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.

Na Owusu ein film Reluctantly Queer be one of critics’ best films of 2016 for Sight den Sound, sam monthly film magazine wey British Film Institute (BFI) publish am."The best films of 2016". Sight & Sound Magazine. Retrieved 2016-12-20.

For 2016 insyd, Britain's Royal African Society name Owusu as dema Human of de Week den South Africa's Elle (magazine) too as one of 50 incredible women."What's Trending #014: Human of the Week". Whatsonafrica.org. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-07.

For 2017 insyd, dem name am for Dazed magazine insyd as one of ten experimental filmmakers wey dey tackle de world ein big topics."Ten experimental filmmakers tackling the world's big topics". Dazed.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-09.

For 2018 insyd, Cobo Center commission Owusu say make she produce sam video installation along Jefferson den Washington avenues for downtown Detroit, Michigan during Black History Month."Video game art dances across Cobo Center marquee as part of yearlong series". Crain's Detroit Business. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2023-02-17.

Goethe-Institut Vila Sul award Owusu sam artist-in-residence for Salvador wey dey Bahia Brazil, for 2018 insyd, along plus celebrated British installation artist den filmmaker Isaac Julien."Akosua Adoma Owusu - 04/06 - 27/07/2018 - Goethe-Institut Brasilien". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2023-02-17.

Owusu participate as distinguished juror for de 57th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival wey she present sam special program wey dem dedicate for ein body of work."Black History Month - 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival". Ann Arbor Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-04-21

For 2019 insyd, she lead sam workshop for filmmakers, critics den researchers for Triple Consciousness for Cinema Camp"Cinema Camp". Electrified Identities. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2019-09-12. wey be annual four-day long summer event wey Meno Avilys Film Center dey organize wey dem dey base for Vilnius wey dey Lithuania."Iš Ganos kilusi režisierė A. A. Owusu". ŽMONĖS. Retrieved 2019-08-08.

Owusu ein film White Afro"White Afro". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-08-30. receive de Premio Medien Patent Verwaltung AG prize for Pardi di domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) section of de 2019 Locarno Festival"Locarno Open Doors 2014". Festival del film Locarno. Retrieved 2014-08-24."Locarno open doors to Sub-Saharan Africa". Variety. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-26. for Switzerland. Dem subtitle de film for three central European languages insyd.

Owusu ein film Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us na ebe one of critics’ best films of 2019 for Sight and Sound magazine wey British Film Institute (BFI) publish insyd."The best films of 2019". Sight & Sound Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-20.

 Ein selected exhibitions 

 2020: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle for de Museum of Modern Art Documentary Fortnight"MoMA Documentary Fortnight". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
 2019: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle for Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans)"Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans". Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
 2019: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle for Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts"Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". CCA Wattis Institute. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
 2019: Between Three Worlds: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for REDCAT"REDCAT". REDCAT(Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater). Archived from the original on 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
 2019: Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Yerba Buena Center for the Arts"Yerba Buena Center for the Arts". SF Cinematheque. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
 2019: Sala de Video: Akosua Adoma Owusu for de São Paulo Museum of Art"Video room: Akosua Adoma Owusu". Museu de Arte de São Paulo. Retrieved 2019-04-12."Afro-Atlantic Histories". Museu de Arte de São Paulo. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
 2019: Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond"Institute for Contemporary Art". Institute for Contemporary Art(ICA). Retrieved 2019-03-14.

 2019: Screening: Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago"Screening: Akosua Adoma Owusu". MCA Chicago. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
 2018: Triple Consciousness for BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels;"Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu". BOZAR Cinema. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
 2018: African Twilight for de Bowers Museum;"African Twilight". African Twilight. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
 2018: Fragments of a Dream for de McNay Art Museum;"Fragments of a Dream". McNay Art Museum. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
 2018: Screening and Conversation with Director Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Fowler Museum for UCLA;"On Monday of Last Week". Fowler Museum. Retrieved 2018-04-12."Akosua Adoma Owusu - John Simon Memorial Foundation". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
 2017: Akosua Adoma Owusu and Bus Nut for de Atlanta Contemporary Art Center;"Atlanta Contemporary Art Center". Atlanta Contemporary. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
 2016: Making Africa: Akosua Adoma Owusu for Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona"New Voices of African Cinema - Akosua Adoma Owusu". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Retrieved 2016-04-18."Making Africa - Akosua Adoma Owusu". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona - Akosua Adoma Owusu. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
 2016: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for Tabakalera"Tabakalera". Tabakalera. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
 2016: Encuentro con Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León"Encuentro con Akosua Adoma Owusu". MUSAC. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
 2016: L'évènement Akosua Adoma Owusu for e Centre Georges Pompidou"L'évènement Akosua Adoma Owusu". Centre Pompidou. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
 2016: Triple Consciousness for de Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"Triple Consciousness: Films of Akosua Adoma Owusu". Houston Cinema Arts Society. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-25."Billy Woodberry - Bless Their Little Hearts". Houston Cinema Arts Festival. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
 2016: Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016 for de Whitney Museum of American Art"Dreamlands: Afrofuturism - Whitney Museum". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2016-12-12."Dreamlands: Pain Revisited - Whitney Museum". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
 2015: Modern Mondays: An Evening with Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Museum of Modern Art"An Evening With Akosua Adoma Owusu - MoMA". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
 2015: Existential Crisis for de Rochester Art Center"Rochester Art Center". Retrieved 2015-12-11.
 2015: America Is Hard to See for de Whitney Museum of American Art"America is Hard To See". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2015-05-13."24700 News from CalArts". California Institute of the Arts. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
 2015: The Art of Hair in Africa for de Fowler Museum for UCLA"Fowler in Focus: The Art of Hair in Africa". Fowler Museum at UCLA. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
 2015: Two Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for Art and Practice"In Conversation: Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Akosua Adoma Owusu with Jamillah James". Art and Practice. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2015-09-24.  insyd association plus de Hammer Museum"Off-Site Program: In Conversation: Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Akosua Adoma Owusu". Hammer Museum. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
 2015: Do/Tell for de Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia"Do/Tell". ICA Philadelphia. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
 2014: Prospect.3: Notes for Now New Orleans Triennial"Prospect.3". artforum.com. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
 2013: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu for de Moderna Museet"CinemAfrica - Moderna Museet".
 2012: Fore for de Studio Museum in Harlem"Fore - Smithsonian Libraries".
 2012: The Bearden Project for de Studio Museum for Harlem insyd"Beardenmania" (PDF). ARTnews. Retrieved 2012-06-01.The Bearden Project. OCLC 841590034. Retrieved 2012-12-20 – via WorldCat.
 2011: VideoStudio: Changing Same for de Studio Museum for Harlem insyd"VideoStudio: Changing Same". Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
 2011: Quadruple Consciousness for de Vox Populi (art gallery)"Quadruple Consciousness". voxpopuligallery.org. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
 2009: 30 Seconds Off an Inch for de Studio Museum in Harlem"A Beating Heart of Social Import". NY Times. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
 2009: Me Broni Ba for de Museum of Modern Art Documentary Fortnight"MoMA Documentary Fortnight" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

 Ein awards den nominations 
+YearAwardWorkCategoryResultRef.2005Virginia Film FestivalAjube KeteKen Jacobs Award for Best Experimental Short FilmChop2008Berlin International Film FestivalMe Broni Ba/My White BabyBerlinale Talent CampusChop2008California Institute of the ArtsGood HairAcademy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences GrantChop2008Detroit DocsIntermittent DelightMost Progressive Filmmaker AwardChop2008Mexico International Film FestivalMe Broni Ba/My White BabySilver Palm AwardChop2009Athens International Film and Video FestivalMe Broni Ba/My White BabyBest Documentary ShortChop2009Chicago Underground Film FestivalMe Broni Ba/My White BabyBest Documentary ShortChop2010Robert J. Flaherty Film SeminarWorkFeatured ArtistChop2010Real Life Documentary FestivalMe Broni Ba/My White BabySpecial Jury Mention, Best Short FilmChop2011Black Maria Film FestivalDrexciyaJury's Citation PrizeChop2011African Film Festival, TarifaDrexciyaSpecial Jury MentionChop2011Expresión en Corto International Film FestivalDrexciyaBest Experimental ShortChop2012Focus Features Africa FirstKwaku AnanseProduction GrantChop2012Creative Capital FoundationBlack SunshineFilm/Video GrantChop2012Art Matters FoundationKwaku AnansePost-Production GrantChop2013Ann Arbor Film FestivalSplit Ends, I Feel WonderfulMost Promising Filmmaker PrizeChop2013Berlin International Film FestivalKwaku AnanseGolden Bear Best Short FilmDem nominate am2013Africa Movie Academy AwardKwaku AnanseBest Short FilmChop2013Académie des Arts et Techniques du CinémaKwaku AnanseBest Short Film of the YearChop2013Arte International PrizeBlack SunshineDevelopment GrantChop2013MacDowell Colony FellowshipBlack SunshineScreenwriting GrantChop2014Berlin International Film FestivalBlack SunshineProduction GrantChop2015Association Cinémas et Cultures d'AfriqueKwaku AnanseSpecial Jury MentionChop2015John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationBlack SunshineGuggenheim FellowshipChop2015Tribeca Film InstituteBlack SunshineTribeca All Access Development GrantChop2016Berlin International Film FestivalReluctantly QueerGolden Bear for Best Short FilmDem nominate am2016Berlin International Film FestivalReluctantly QueerTeddy Award for Best Short FilmDem nominate am2016Baltimore International Black Film FestivalReluctantly QueerAudience Award for Best International Short FilmChop2016The Camargo FoundationSave the RexTravel GrantChop2017Africa Movie Academy AwardOn Monday of Last WeekBest Short FilmDem nominate am2018Pratt InstituteOn Monday of Last WeekMellon Research GrantChop2018International Short Film Festival OberhausenOberhausen Film SeminarFeatured ArtistChop2018Goethe-Institut Vila Sul Salvador-BahiaBlack SunshineArtist-in-ResidenceChop2018Cobo Center Marquee Video Art SeriesIntermittent DelightJohn S. and James L. Knight FoundationChop2019Wattis Institute for Contemporary ArtsAkosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the JungleThe Westridge FoundationChop

 Ein filmography 

 Filmography 
YearFilmRole2005Ajube Ketewriter, director, producer, cinematographer2006Tea 4 Twodirector, producer, cinematographer2007Intermittent Delightdirector, producer, cinematographer2008Revealing Rootsactress, director, producer2008Boyant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizonactress, producer2009Me Broni Badirector, producer, cinematographer2010-11Drexciyadirector, producer, cinematographer2012Split Ends, I Feel Wonderfuldirector, producer2013Kwaku Anansewriter, director, producer2015Bus Nutdirector, producer, cinematographer2016Reluctantly Queerdirector, producer, cinematographer2017On Monday of Last Weekwriter, director, producer2018Mahogany Toodirector, producer, cinematographer2019Pelourinho: They Don’t Really Care About Usdirector, producer, cinematographer2019White Afrodirector, producer, cinematographer2020King of Sanwidirector, producer, cinematographerin productionBlack Sunshine (feature film)writer, director, producer

 Further reading 

 Owusu, Akosua Adoma, and Adwoa Adu-Gyamfi. Me broni ba. New York, NY: Cinema Guild (2009).
 Baron, Jaimie. Inappropriate Bodies: Contemporary Filmmakers Challenging Gender Constructions through Appropriation. [1] UCLA Center for the Study of Women (2009).
 Birchall, Danny. Things Said Again (2010) Film Quarterly Volume 63, Issue 3, pg. 55-57
 Nelmes, Jill. Introduction to Film Studies (2012) [2]
 Dovey, Lindiwe. African Feminist Engagements with Film (2012) [3], p. 18-23.
 Mask, Mia, Contemporary Black American Cinema: Race, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies (2012).
 Kendall, Nzingha, Commentary: Haunting in Akosua Adoma Owusu's Short Experimental Films (2013). Black Camera
 Agyeman, Erica. Akosua Adoma Owusu: Exploring 'Threeness, The International Review of African American Art 24.3 (2013), 11–13.
 Prabhu, Anjali. Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora [4] (2014).
 Laderman, David. Sampling Media [5] (2014).
 UNESCO. Égalité des genres: patrimoine et créativité [6] (2014).
 Ellerson, Beti. Gaze Regimes: Film And Feminisms In Africa (2015) [7]
 Johnson, Elizabeth. Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas (2016) [8], p. 113.
 Kelly, Gabrielle. Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through (2018) [9]
 Lené Hole, Kristin. Film Feminisms: A Global Introduction [10] (2018).
 Bisschoff, Lizelle. Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic. [11] (2019).
 Nyeck, S.N. Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies [12] (2019).
 Williams, James S. Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty [13] (2019).
 Dasilva, Dax. Age of Union: Igniting The Changemaker [14] (2020).
 Huberman, Anthony. Abbas to Yuki: Writing Alongside Exhibitions [15] (2020).

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