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Jan 01, 1984 Alexandria, Virginia, United States 40 years old
American film director
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About Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Akosua Adoma Owusu (born January 1, 1984) is a Ghanaian-American avant-garde filmmaker, producer and cinematographer whose films and installation work have screened worldwide in prestigious film festivals, museums, galleries, universities and microcinemas since 2005.
- Her films often address the collision of identities.
- Interpreting the notion of "double consciousness," coined by sociologist and civil rights activist W.
- E.
- B.
- Du Bois to define the experience of black Americans negotiating selfhood in the face of discrimination and cultural dislocation, Owusu aims to create a third cinematic space or consciousness.
- In her works, feminism, queerness, and African identities interact in African, white American, and black American cultural environments.She is an Assistant Professor of Non-Fiction and Expanded Cinema at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
