ụdịekere | nwanyị |
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mba o sị | Ghana, Njikota Obodo Amerika |
aha n'asụsụ obodo | Akosua Adoma Owusu |
aha enyere | Akosua |
aha ezinụlọ ya | Owusu |
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1 Jenụwarị 1984 |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Alexandria |
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye nhazi ndu ihe nkiri, onye nhazi ederede, onye na-emeputa ihe nkiiri, onye nhazi-foto, onye na-emeputa ihe onyoyo |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | California Institute of the Arts, University of Virginia |
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite) | 2008 |
so na | Tabakalera |
Ihe nrite | Guggenheim Fellowship |
webụsaịtị | http://akosuaadoma.com/home.html |
Nwere ọrụ na mkpokọta | Whitney Museum of American Art |
kosua Adoma Owusu (amuru Jenụwarị 1, 1984) bụ onye Ghana-American onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye nrụpụta. Ihe nkiri ya na-enyocha njirimara ndị isi ojii kwabatara na America site n'ụdị dị iche iche sitere na edemede cinematic ruo na akụkọ nnwale ruo na mgbasa ozi a ma ama Black wulitere. N'ịkọwa echiche nke " uche abụọ ," nke ọkà mmụta mmekọrịta ọha na eze na onye na-akwado ikike obodo WEB Du Bois chepụtara, Owusu bu n'obi ịmepụta oghere sinima ma ọ bụ nsụhọ nke atọ. N'ọrụ ya, Feminism, queerness, na njirimara ndị Africa na-emekọrịta ihe na oghere omenala ndị Africa, ndị America ọcha, na ndị ojii America. [1] [2]
Ugbu a ọ bụ onye nkuzi nleta na Mahadum Harvard na Pratt Institute na Brooklyn, New York.
Ndị nne na nna Ghana mụrụ Owusu ma zụlite ya na obodo ndị mbata na Alexandria, Virginia . Ọ bụ ọdụdụ n'ime ụmụnne atọ Grace na Albert A. Owusu, Sr. Owusu nwere akara ugo mmụta nna ukwu na School of Film/Video na School of Fine Art si California Institute of Arts, nke ọ nwetara na 2008. [3] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nzere bachelọ interdisciplinary na Media Studies [4] na Studio Art dị iche na Mahadum Virginia na 2005. [5] Owusu malitere ọrụ ya dị ka onye enyemaka mgbe emepụtara ihe na Chris Rock 's HBO documentary [6] " Ezi ntutu " (2009). N'oge na-adịghị anya ka nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ gbanwere ime ihe nkiri dị nkenke nke onwe ya. [7]
N'oge na-adịghị anya ka ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na CalArts na 2008, Owusu bụ onye ama ama [8] [9] nke 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar nke onye ama ama na-akatọ na onye na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri Dennis Lim mere. [10] Indiewire kpọrọ aha ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nwanyị isii Avant-Garde bụ ndị Redefined Cinema, na otu n'ime ndị Artists Black Huffington Post : 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You should Know, [11] Owusu bụ 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow [12] na 2015 Guggenheim Fellow . [13]
N'afọ 2020, Owusu nwetara ihe nrite Lincoln Center maka ndị nka na-apụta [14] nke ihe nkiri nyere na Lincoln Center . [15]
Indiewire kọwara ụdị ihe nkiri na-agbanwe ọdịdị nke Owusu: Ọmụma mmụọ ya dị ka ọ na-akọwa ya, ghọrọ ebe ọpụpụ maka ihe nkiri ya Me broni ba (nwa ọcha m). [16] N'iji ntutu isi dị ka usoro omenala, ọ na-enyocha njirimara na echiche ndị Africa na ndị Africa na America na mgbalị iji dozie esemokwu ha. [17] Ed Halter, otu n'ime ndị guzobere Light Industry na Brooklyn, depụtara Me Broni Ba dị ka otu n'ime ihe nkiri iri kacha elu nke 2010 na magazin Artforum . [18]
O mepụtala ihe nkiri na-enweta ihe nrite gụnyere Reluctantly Queer (2016) na Kwaku Ananse . Na 2013, Kwaku Ananse [19] nwetara nhọpụta ọla edo na Berlinale [20] wee merie 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award [21] maka mba West Africa nke Ghana na ngalaba ihe nkiri kacha mma. Ihe nkiri ahụ, bụ onye na-ese ihe nkiri Ghana Jojo Abot, kwadoro Focus Features' Africa First, [22] ma nwee mmalite nke North America na 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . [23] [24] [25] Agụnyere Kwaku Ananse na 2013 Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma - César Golden Nights, mmemme a haziri site na nkwado sitere na UNESCO nke na-ahọrọ ihe nkiri dị mkpirikpi ama ama.
Achọghị Queer (2016) [26] emepụtara na mmekorita ya na Dr. Kwame Edwin Otu, [27] [28] onye osote prọfesọ nke African American and African Studies na Mahadum Virginia [29] ka ahọpụtara maka onyinye Golden Bear na Teddy Award. [30] na 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. [31] Ọ nwere mmalite nke North America dị ka akụkụ nke New Directors/New Films Festival . [32] [33] [34]
N'afọ 2017, Owusu [35] [36] [37] dere wee duzie "N'ụbọchị Mọnde nke izu ụka gara aga", [38] [39] [40] ngbanwe ihe nkiri nke obere akụkọ nke otu aha ahụ sitere n'aka onye edemede a ma ama bụ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirisi, "Ihe dị n'olu gị." [41] [42] [43] Ihe nkiri nke gosipụtara onye na-eme ihe nkiri America bụ Karyn Parsons kacha mara amara maka ọrụ ya dị ka Hilary Banks na NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, nwetara nhọpụta na 2017 African Movie Academy Awards . Ihe nkiri ahụ gara n'ihu na ihuenyo na Fowler Museum, [44] ICA London [45] na 25th New York African Film Festival nke ihe nkiri na Lincoln Center kwadoro. [46]
Owusu kwuru na N'ajụjụ ọnụ 2015 na Elle nke South Africa (magazine), Owusu kwuru "Amalitere m ịse ihe nkiri na Ghana dịka ụzọ isi chọta ebe n'ime ihe nketa Ghana m. M na-akpọkarị onwe m dị ka onye Ghana-American, ma m na-ewere onwe m. ịbụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri America nke sitere na agbụrụ Ghana Mgbe m nọ na America, ọ na-adị m ka onye Ghana na-adị m, mgbe m nọ na Ghana, ọ na-adị m ka mụ na ndị enyi m si America gaa Ghana iji nyere m aka na mkpasu iwe na-eji oji ma n'Africa ma n'ebe ndị Africa nọ n'Africa mere ka echiche ịhụnanya banyere kọntinent ahụ dị ka ebe obibi na-echere m ịse ihe nkiri na Ghana, bụ akụkụ nke njem a." [47]
Na 2011, Owusu gosipụtara ọrụ na Cusp: Works on Film & Video site Kevin Jerome Everson & Akosua Adoma Owusu na Ụlọ Ahịa Ụlọ Ahịa. A na-akpọ "mmetụta chiri anya na ezigbo nghọta nke ọhụụ nke ọgụgụ isi bara uru", [48] ihe ngosi a gụnyere ikpughe mgbọrọgwụ, mmeghari nke dị jụụ nke otu n'ime ihe nkiri kachasị egwu sitere na Alex Haley 's Roots (1977 miniseries) na-ejikọta achọta. ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri kpakpando Owusu na ndị ọzọ na-eme ihe nkiri Africa. [49]
Enyerela ihe nkiri Grasshopper LLC akwụkwọ akụkọ gbasara ọrụ Owusu. [50]
Farber Law LLC nọchitere ya.
Emepụtara ihe nkiri ya n'okpuru ụlọ ọrụ ya bụ Obibini Pictures LLC.
Ọrụ ya gụnyere na mkpokọta na-adịgide adịgide nke Whitney Museum of American Art, [51] Center Georges Pompidou, [52] na Fowler Museum na UCLA . [53]
N'afọ 2013, Owusu malitere atụmatụ Kickstarter zuru ụwa ọnụ iji 'Save the Rex'! [54] [55] [56] Cinema Rex bụ otu n'ime ụlọ sinima kacha ochie na Ghana. N'oge enweghị nchekwa ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na Ghana na 60s, 70s na 80s, enwere mbelata na Arts. Ụlọ ihe nkiri niile mechiri n'ihi mpụ ndị agha na iwu na-alọta . Owusu chọrọ ichekwa ụlọ sinima Rex maka ichekwa ụlọ sinima. [57] Na 2016, Owusu mepụtara ihe ngosi ihuenyo dabere na mgbasa ozi ya zuru ụwa ọnụ iji chekwaa Rex Cinema [58] [59] [60] na Ghana na Camargo Foundation na Cassis, France. [61] [62] N'afọ 2017, The Guardian kwuputara na Owusu na-arụ ọrụ na ndụ nke ndụ n'ezie, ihe nkiri akụkọ ifo banyere mkpọsa ya iji weghachi ihe nkiri Rex mere eme. [63]
N'afọ 2015, ihe nkiri abụọ nke Owusu duziri ma mepụta bụ ihe ndị nkatọ nwetara na magazin Artforum . [64]
Ihe nkiri Owusu Reluctantly Queer bụ otu n'ime ihe nkiri kacha mma nke ndị nkatọ na 2016 na Sight & Sound, akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe nkiri na-ebipụta kwa ọnwa nke British Film Institute (BFI) bipụtara [65]
N'afọ 2016, ndị Britain Royal African Society kpọrọ Owusu ka ọ bụrụ mmadụ nke izu ha yana Elle nke South Africa (magazine) kpọrọ ya dịka otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị 50 na-enweghị atụ. [66]
N'afọ 2017, akpọrọ aha ya na akwụkwọ akụkọ Dazed dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nnwale nnwale na-agbakọ nnukwu isiokwu ụwa. [67]
Na 2018, Cobo Center nyere Owusu ọrụ ka o mepụta ntinye vidiyo n'akụkụ Jefferson na Washington avenues na ogbe ndịda Detroit, Michigan n'oge ọnwa akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii. [68]
Enyere Owusu onye na-ese ihe na-ebi ndụ site na Goethe-Institut Vila Sul na Salvador, Bahia Brazil, na 2018, tinyere onye na-ese ihe nrụnye Britain na onye na-ese ihe nkiri Isaac Julien . [69]
Owusu sonyeere dị ka onye ọka iwu ama ama na mmemme ihe nkiri Ann Arbor nke afọ 57 wee gosi mmemme pụrụ iche nke raara nye ọrụ ya.
Na 2019, o duuru ogbako maka ndị na-ese ihe nkiri, ndị nkatọ na ndị nyocha na Amamihe Triple na Cinema Camp [70] mmemme ogologo ụbọchị anọ kwa afọ nke Meno Avilys Film Center nke dabere na Vilnius, Lithuania haziri. [71]
Ihe nkiri Owusu bụ White Afro [72] nwetara ihe nrite Premio Medien Patent Verwaltung AG na Pardi di domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) ngalaba nke 2019 Locarno Festival [73] [74] na Switzerland . Edere ihe nkiri a n'asụsụ etiti Europe atọ.
Ihe nkiri Owusu Pelourinho: Ha anaghị eche banyere anyị n'ezie bụ otu n'ime ihe nkiri kacha mma nke ndị nkatọ na 2019 na magazin Sight & Sound nke British Film Institute (BFI) bipụtara. [75]
Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Virginia Film Festival | Ajube Kete | Ken Jacobs Award for Best Experimental Short Film | Won | |
2008 | Berlin International Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Berlinale Talent Campus | Won | |
2008 | California Institute of the Arts | Good Hair | Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Grant | Won | |
2008 | Detroit Docs | Intermittent Delight | Most Progressive Filmmaker Award | Won | |
2008 | Mexico International Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Silver Palm Award | Won | |
2009 | Athens International Film and Video Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Best Documentary Short | Won | |
2009 | Chicago Underground Film Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Best Documentary Short | Won | |
2010 | Robert J. Flaherty Film Seminar | Work | Featured Artist | Won | |
2010 | Real Life Documentary Festival | Me Broni Ba/My White Baby | Special Jury Mention, Best Short Film | Won | |
2011 | Black Maria Film Festival | Drexciya | Jury's Citation Prize | Won | |
2011 | African Film Festival, Tarifa | Drexciya | Special Jury Mention | Won | |
2011 | Expresión en Corto International Film Festival | Drexciya | Best Experimental Short | Won | |
2012 | Focus Features Africa First | Kwaku Ananse | Production Grant | Won | |
2012 | Creative Capital Foundation | Black Sunshine | Film/Video Grant | Won | |
2012 | Art Matters Foundation | Kwaku Ananse | Post-Production Grant | Won | |
2013 | Ann Arbor Film Festival | Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful | Most Promising Filmmaker Prize | Won | |
2013 | Berlin International Film Festival | Kwaku Ananse | Golden Bear Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2013 | Africa Movie Academy Award | Kwaku Ananse | Best Short Film | Won | |
2013 | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma | Kwaku Ananse | Best Short Film of the Year | Won | |
2013 | Arte International Prize | Black Sunshine | Development Grant | Won | |
2013 | MacDowell Colony Fellowship | Black Sunshine | Screenwriting Grant | Won | |
2014 | Berlin International Film Festival | Black Sunshine | Production Grant | Won | |
2015 | Association Cinémas et Cultures d'Afrique | Kwaku Ananse | Special Jury Mention | Won | |
2015 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Black Sunshine | Guggenheim Fellowship | Won | |
2015 | Tribeca Film Institute | Black Sunshine | Tribeca All Access Development Grant | Won | |
2016 | Berlin International Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Golden Bear for Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2016 | Berlin International Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Teddy Award for Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2016 | Baltimore International Black Film Festival | Reluctantly Queer | Audience Award for Best International Short Film | Won | |
2016 | The Camargo Foundation | Save the Rex | Travel Grant | Won | |
2017 | Africa Movie Academy Award | On Monday of Last Week | Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2018 | Pratt Institute | On Monday of Last Week | Mellon Research Grant | Won | |
2018 | International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Oberhausen Film Seminar | Featured Artist | Won | |
2018 | Goethe-Institut Vila Sul Salvador-Bahia | Black Sunshine | Artist-in-Residence | Won | |
2018 | Cobo Center Marquee Video Art Series | Intermittent Delight | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | Won | |
2019 | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle | The Westridge Foundation | Won |
Year | Film | Role |
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2005 | Ajube Kete | writer, director, producer, cinematographer |
2006 | Tea 4 Two | director, producer, cinematographer |
2007 | Intermittent Delight | director, producer, cinematographer |
2008 | Revealing Roots | actress, director, producer |
2008 | Boyant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizon | actress, producer |
2009 | Me Broni Ba | director, producer, cinematographer |
2010-11 | Drexciya | director, producer, cinematographer |
2012 | Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful | director, producer |
2013 | Kwaku Ananse | writer, director, producer |
2015 | Bus Nut | director, producer, cinematographer |
2016 | Reluctantly Queer | director, producer, cinematographer |
2017 | On Monday of Last Week | writer, director, producer |
2018 | Mahogany Too | director, producer, cinematographer |
2019 | Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us | director, producer, cinematographer |
2019 | White Afro | director, producer, cinematographer |
2020 | King of Sanwi | director, producer, cinematographer |
in production | Black Sunshine (feature film) | writer, director, producer |