@ YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
701 Mission Street (at Third St)
San Francisco, CA 94103 – MAP
(415) 978-2700
Triple Consciousness: Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Akosua Adoma Owusu and Leila Weefur in person
Pictured above: Mahogany Too (2018) by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Visit our Facebook Event Page
Admission: $10 General/$6 Cinematheque Members
Advance tickets available here
Drawing from W.E.B. Du Bois’ concept of double consciousness—the split subjectivity of the oppressed African-American subject—Ghanaian-American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu creates works of cinema embodying a “triple consciousness”—the collision of identities of the African immigrant in the United States. Working in the traditions of Third Cinema, Owusu’s films swirl with a mixture of intersecting subjectivities and perspectives including feminism, queerness and the experience of African immigrants interacting in African, white American, and black American cultures. Owusu appears in person with Leila Weefur of local curatorial collective The Black Aesthetic to discuss recent works including On Monday of Last Week, Mahogany Too, Reluctantly Queer and other works.
Mahogany Too by Akosua Adoma Owusu – Trailer from Obibini Pictures LLC on Vimeo.
