Akosua Adoma Owusu

Akosua Adoma Owusu (2016)

Akosua Adoma Owusu (wɔwoo no Ɔbɛnem 1, 1984) yɛ Ghana-Amerika siniyɛfo ne ɔyɛfoɔ. Ne sini ahorow no hwehwɛ abibifo atubrafo a wɔwɔ Amerika no nipasu a ɛne wɔn ho wɔn ho bɔ abira mu denam akwan horow pii so fi sini mu nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw so kosi asɛm a wɔde sɔ hwɛ so kosi Abibifo nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ a agye din a wɔasan ayɛ so. Bere a Owusu rekyerɛ adwene a ɛne sɛ " adwene abien ," a asetra ho ɔbenfo ne ɔmanfo hokwan ahorow ho ɔbenfo WEB Du Bois de bae no ase no, ɔde asi n'ani so sɛ ɔbɛbɔ sini mu ahunmu anaa nhumu a ɛto so abiɛsa . Wɔ n’adwuma mu no, feminism, queerness, ne Afrikafo nipasu di nkitaho wɔ Afrikafo, Amerikafo aborɔfo, ne Amerikafo abibifo amammerɛ mmeae.

Mprempren ɔyɛ Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a Ɔsrasra Hɔ wɔ Harvard Sukuupɔn ne Pratt Asoɛe a ɛwɔ Brooklyn, New York.

Mfitiase asetra ne nhomasua

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Ghanafo awofo na wɔwoo Owusu na wɔtetee no wɔ atubrafo mpɔtam bi wɔ Alexandria, Virginia . Ɔyɛ Grace ne Albert A. Owusu nuanom baasa mu akumaa, Sr. Owusu wɔ master’s degrees wɔ School of Film/Video ne School of Fine Art wɔ California Institute of the Arts, a onyaa wɔ afe 2008 Ɔwiee sukuu no nyaa Bachelors interdisciplinary degree wɔ Media Studies ne Studio Art mu a ɔnyaa soronko wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu wɔ afe 2005. Owusu hyɛɛ n’adwuma ase sɛ ɔyɛ post-production boafoɔ wɔ Chris Rock ’s HBO documentary [1] “ Good Hair ” (2009). Ɛno akyi bere tiaa bi no, ɔdan yɛɛ n’ankasa sini ntiantiaa a wɔsɔ hwɛ .

Adwuma

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Bere a Owusu wiee CalArts wɔ afe 2008 mu akyi bere tiaa bi no, na ɔyɛ mfoniniyɛfo a wɔagye din wɔ Robert Flaherty Sini Nhyiam a ɛto so 56 a ɔkasatiafo ne sini sohwɛfo a wagye din Dennis Lim yɛɛ ho nhyehyɛe no mu. Indiewire bɔɔ ne din sɛ Avant-Garde Mmea Siniyɛfo baanum a Wɔsan kyerɛkyerɛɛ Sini mu no mu biako, ne The Huffington Post ’s Black Artists no mu biako: Nnɛyi Adwinniyɛfo 30 a wonnii mfe 40 a Ɛsɛ sɛ Wohu, Owusu yɛ 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow [2] ne 2015 Guggenheim Mfɛfo .

Wɔ afe 2020 mu no, Owusu nyaa Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists a Film wɔ Lincoln Center de maa no.

Owusu a ɔtɔn “abirabɔ a emu yɛ den” a ɛfa abibifo, atutra ne nkae ho no, ɔsakra sini a wɔsɔ hwɛ, adwinni pa ne Afrikafo atetesɛm ntam a biribiara nhaw no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛbɔ sini ahorow a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛgye sɛnea obi te ho kyim .

Ne “adwene a ɛreko” sɛnea ɔka ho asɛm no bɛyɛ nea efi ase ma ne sini Me broni ba (me ba fitaa).[3] Bere a ɔde ti nhwi di dwuma sɛ amammerɛ mu ade, hwehwɛ Afrikafo ne Afrikafo-Amerikafo nipasu ne wɔn adwene mu de bɔ mmɔden sɛ obesiesie wɔn ntam nsonsonoe. Ed Halter, wɔn a wɔhyehyɛɛ Light Industry wɔ Brooklyn no mu biako kyerɛw Me Broni Ba sɛ 2010 sini du a ɛsen biara wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu no mu biako.

Ɔayɛ sini ahorow a wagye abasobɔde a Reluctantly Queer (2016) ne Kwaku Ananse ka ho. Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, Kwaku Ananse [4] nyaa Golden Bear nomination wɔ Berlinale [5] na onyaa 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award [6] maa West Africa man Ghana wɔ Best Short Film mu. Sini yi a Ghanani adwumfoɔ Jojo Abot dii mu akoten no, Focus Features’ Africa First,[7] na ɛboaa no, na ɛdii kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam wɔ 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . Wɔde Kwaku Ananse nso kaa 2013 Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma - César Golden Nights, nhyehyɛe a wɔde mmoa a efi UNESCO hɔ a ɛpaw sini ntiantiaa a ɛda nsow hyehyɛe no ho.

Reluctantly Queer (2016) a wɔne Dr. Kwame Edwin Otu yɛɛ adwuma boom yɛɛ no,[8] a ɔyɛ Ɔbenfoɔ Boafoɔ a ɔhwɛ Afrika Amerikafoɔ ne Afrikafoɔ Adesua so wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu na wɔyii no sɛ ɔmfa Golden Bear ne Teddy Award [9] wɔ afe 2016 Berlin Amanaman Ntam Sini Afahyɛ ase.[10] Ɛyɛɛ nea edi kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam sɛ Akwankyerɛfo Foforo/Sini Foforo Afahyɛ no fa .[11]

Owusu kaa sɛ wɔ afe 2015 nsɛmbisa a ɔne South Africa's Elle (magazine), Owusu kaa sɛ "Me hyɛɛ aseɛ yɛɛ sini wɔ Ghana sɛ ɔkwan a mɛfa so anya baabi wɔ me Ghana agyapadeɛ mu." Metaa frɛ me ho sɛ Ghana-Amerikani, nanso mibu me ho sɛ Amerikani siniyɛfo a ofi Ghana. Sɛ mewɔ Amerika a, mete nka sɛ meyɛ Ghanafo paa na sɛ mewɔ Ghana a, mete nka sɛ Amerikani kɛse. Me ne me nnamfo a wofi Amerika fii ase tuu kwan kɔɔ Ghana sɛ wɔrebɛboa me wɔ ahodwiriw a ɛne sɛ midii abibifo ho dwuma wɔ Afrika ne Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtra mmeae foforo no nyinaa mu. Ɔdɔ a mewɔ ma Afrika no nam ɔdɔ ho adwene a ɛfa asasepɔn no ho sɛ ofie a ɛretwɛn me mmae no so. Sini a wɔyɛ wɔ Ghana, yɛ akwantu yi fa."

Nneɛma a wɔboaboa ano daa

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N’adwuma no ka Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So,[12] Center Georges Pompidou,[13] ne Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ UCLA no nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano daa no ho.[14]

Rex Siniyɛbea

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Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, Owusu hyɛɛ wiase nyinaa Kickstarter nhyehyɛe bi ase sɛ ‘Save the Rex’! [15] Rex Cinema yɛ Ghana sinidan a akyɛ sen biara no mu biako. Wɔ bere a na amammui mu ahobammɔ nni Ghana wɔ 60, 70 ne 80 mfe no mu no, Adwinni no so tew. Wɔtoo sinidan ahorow no nyinaa mu wɔ asraafo atuatew ne bere a wɔbaraa wɔn fie akyi . Owusu hwehwɛɛ sɛ obegye Rex Cinema nkwa de akora sini adan so. Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Owusu yɛɛ screenplay a egyina ne wiase nyinaa ɔsatu a ɔde kɔmaa Save the Rex Cinema [16] wɔ Ghana wɔ Camargo Foundation wɔ Cassis, France. Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, The Guardian de too gua sɛ Owusu reyɛ adwuma wɔ asetra mu sini a ne fa bi yɛ ayɛsɛm a ɛfa ne ɔsatu a ɔde bɛsan de abakɔsɛm mu Rex sini no aba ho.

Amanaman ntam nneɛma a wɔatumi ayɛ

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Wɔ afe 2015 mu no, Two films a Owusu kyerɛɛ no kwan na ɔyɛɛ no yɛ akasatiafo paw wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu.

Owusu sini Reluctantly Queer yɛ akasatiafo sini a eye sen biara wɔ afe 2016 mu no mu biako wɔ Sight & Sound, sini nsɛmma nhoma a Britania Sini Asoɛe (BFI) tintim ɔsram biara

Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Britain ’s Royal African Society bɔɔ Owusu din sɛ wɔn Nnipa a Ɔsen Biara wɔ Nnawɔtwe no mu na South Africa Elle (nsɛmma nhoma) nso bɔɔ no din sɛ mmea 50 a wɔn ho yɛ nwonwa no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, wɔbɔɔ ne din wɔ Dazed nsɛmma nhoma mu sɛ ɔyɛ siniyɛfo du a wɔsɔ hwɛ a wɔredi wiase nsɛmti akɛse ho dwuma no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2018 mu no, Cobo Center [17] hyɛɛ Owusu sɛ ɔnyɛ video a wɔde besisi Jefferson ne Washington akwan so wɔ Detroit, Michigan kuro no mfimfini wɔ Abibifoɔ Abakɔsɛm Ɔsram mu.

Ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow a wɔapaw

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Akenkan a ɛkɔ akyiri

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  • Owusu, Akosua Adoma, ne Adwoa Adu-Gyamfi. Me broni ba . New York, NY: Sini Kuw (2009).
  • Baron, Jaimie na ɔkyerɛwee. Nipadua a Ɛmfata: Nnɛyi Siniyɛfo a Wɔnam Nneɛma a Wɔde Di Dwuma So Rekasa Tia Bɔbeasu Nkyerɛkyerɛmu. [1] UCLA Asoɛe a Ɛhwɛ Mmea Ho Adesua So (2009).
  • Birchall, Danny, na ɔkyerɛwee. Nneɛma a Wɔsan Ka (2010) Film Quarterly Po 63, Issue 3, kr. 55-57 na ɛwɔ hɔ
  • Nelmes, Jill, na ɔkyerɛwee. Nnianim asɛm a ɛfa Sini Adesua ho (2012) [2]
  • Dovey, Lindiwe, na ɔkyerɛwee. Afrikafoɔ Mmea Nkitahodiɛ ne Sini (2012) [3], kr. 18-23 na ɛwɔ hɔ.
  • Mask, Mia, Nnɛyi Amerika Abibifo Sini: Abusuakuw, Bɔbeasu ne Ɔbarima ne Ɔbea Nna wɔ Sini ahorow mu (2012).
  • Kendall, Nzingha, Nkyerɛkyerɛmu: Haunting wɔ Akosua Adoma Owusu Nsɔhwɛ Sini Ntiaa (2013). Mfoninitwa afiri a Ɛyɛ Tuntum
  • Agyeman, Erica, na ɔkyerɛwee. Akosua Adoma Owusu: Exploring 'Mmiɛnsa, Amanaman Ntam Nhwehwɛmu a ɛfa Afrika Amerikafoɔ Adwinni ho 24.3 (2013), 11–13.
  • Prabhu, Anjali, na ɔkyerɛwee. Nnɛyi Sini a ɛwɔ Afrika ne Atubrafo [4] (2014).
  • Laderman, Dawid, na ɔkyerɛwee. Nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ a ɛfa nhwɛsoɔ ho [5] (2014).
  • UNESCO. Égalité des genres: agyapadeɛ ne nneɛma a wɔde yɛ adwuma [6] (2014).
  • Ellerson, Beti, na ɔkyerɛwee. Gaze Regimes: Sini Ne Mmea Ho Nsɛm Wɔ Afrika (2015) [7]
  • Johnson, Elizabeth, na ɔkyerɛwee. Mmea Asɛm a Wɔka Wɔ Nollywood Melodramas (2016) [8], kr. 113. Nkyekyɛm.
  • Kelly, Gabrielle, na wɔyɛ saa. Celluloid Ceiling: Mmea Sini Akwankyerɛfo a Wɔrebubu (2018) [9]
  • Lené Tokuru, Kristin, na ɔkyerɛwee. Film Feminisms: Wiase Nyinaa Nnianim [10] (2018).
  • Bisschoff, Lizelle, na ɔkyerɛwee. Mmea a Wɔwɔ Afrika Sini Mu: Beyond the Body Politic. [11] (2019) na ɔkyerɛwee.
  • Nyeck, S. N. Routledge Nwoma a Ɛfa Queer Afrika Adesua Ho [12] (2019).
  • Williams, James S. Abrabɔ Pa ne Afɛfɛdeɛ wɔ Nnɛyi Afrika Sini mu: Ahoɔfɛ ho Amanyɔsɛm [13] (2019).
  • Dasilva, Dax, na ɔkyerɛwee. Age of Union: Igniting Nsakraeɛfoɔ no [14] (2020).
  • Huberman, Anthony, na ɔkyerɛwee. Abbas to Yuki: Akyerɛw a ɛka ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow [15] (2020).

Nsɛm a wɔde gyinaa so

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  1. ↑ The Cinema Guild: Me Broni Ba
  2. ↑ MacDowell Colony: Akosua Adoma Owusu - Artist
  3. ↑ 2010 Ambulante Documentary Festival: Akosua Adoma Owusu, archived from the original on 2020-06-03, retrieved 2023-01-27
  4. ↑ Grasshopper Film Products: Kwaku Ananse, archived from the original on 2020-06-03, retrieved 2023-01-27
  5. ↑ 2013 Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival
  6. ↑ Interview: Akosua Adoma Owusu’s ‘Kwaku Ananse’
  7. ↑ Focus Features: Akosua Adoma Owusu Profile
  8. ↑ University of Virginia - Carter G. Woodson Institute, archived from the original on 2023-01-27, retrieved 2023-01-27
  9. ↑ 30th Teddy Award Programme Guide 2016
  10. ↑ Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival
  11. ↑ New Directors/New Films 2016 - Film at Lincoln Center, archived from the original on 2022-05-24, retrieved 2023-01-27
  12. ↑ Whitney Museum Collections, archived from the original on 2018-09-10, retrieved 2023-01-27
  13. ↑ Global(e) Resistance - Centre Pompidou Collections, archived from the original on 2020-11-03, retrieved 2023-01-27
  14. ↑ Me Broni Ba - Fowler Museum at UCLA, archived from the original on 2023-01-27, retrieved 2023-01-27
  15. ↑ Akosua Adoma Owusu: Life & Save the Rex Project Part 1
  16. ↑ Kuwait Times
  17. ↑ Cobo Center Marquee