Sankofa Film Video Movies
- 1991
Young Soul Rebels
Young Soul Rebels51991HD
Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
- 1989
Looking for Langston
Looking for Langston5.21989HD
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with...
- 1994
Fathers, Sons and Unholy Ghosts
Fathers, Sons and Unholy Ghosts01994HD
When Martin, a young father, is left alone one weekend with his son, his memories of past rejection from his own father come to the surface. As he...
- 1992
A Family Called Abrew
A Family Called Abrew01992HD
Director Maureen Blackwood harnesses the distinctive style of the Sankofa Film Collective to sketch the Abrew family tree. The achievements of the...
- 2003
Lost Boundaries
Lost Boundaries62003HD
Lost Boundaries is comprised of footage shot by Julien on location, in England in the summer of 1985, during the making of the Sankofa film and video...
- 1993
Home Away from Home
Home Away from Home01993HD
To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting...
- 1988
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement
This Is Not an AIDS Advertisement3.51988HD
This highly stylized short asserts sexual desire over fear in gay romantic relationships.
- 1983
Who Killed Colin Roach?
Who Killed Colin Roach?01983HD
Who Killed Colin Roach? is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a...
- 1986
The Passion of Remembrance
The Passion of Remembrance01986HD
Co-directed by Blackwood and Julien, the first full-length feature film by Sankofa Film and Video offers a radical and necessary interrogation into...
- 1998
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever4.21998HD
Monty, a gay Chinese guy living in London, makes it a habit to date only white boys. When his handsome East Asian neighbor invites him over for...
- 1989
Perfect Image?
Perfect Image?01989HD
Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.
- 1998
Strip
Strip01998HD
Strip, a young painter and decorator feels lost by the lack of challenge in his work. As he scrapes away yet another layer of wallpaper he is lead to...
- 1997
Is It the Design on the Wrapper?
Is It the Design on the Wrapper?41997HD
- 1989
Dreaming Rivers
Dreaming Rivers01989HD
A bittersweet and nostalgic short drama illustrating the spirit of modern families touched by the experience of migration. Miss T., from the...
- 1984
Territories
Territories01984HD
Territories is an experimental documentary about the Notting Hill Carnival. It locates the event within the struggle between white authority and...
- 2002
Vacuum
Vacuum02002HD
A man struggles to clear a room full of litter
- 1992
Inbetween
Inbetween01992HD
A semi-autobiographical account of a move from Sri Lanka to Britain, which explores "being inbetween East/West, mother/father, male/female". The...