Akosua Adoma Owusu

thumb|Akosua Adoma Owusu in 2016 Akosua Adoma Owusu (born January 1, 1984) is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker and producer. Quotes Instead of 'Africanizing' Western stories, I'm interested in reclaiming African history rendering them into what is happening in the present day.I would like to insert myself in the tradition of African storytelling through cinematic language. Being a Black woman who was born and raised in America to African parents is, naturally, where I draw my inspiration from as an artist and filmmaker. Kwame Edwin Otu, "Akosua Adoma Owusu: Saving Rex Cinema", Design233, December 7, 2013.Through my artwork and films, I hope to open audiences up to a new dialogue between the continents of Africa and America; one that incorporates more than just stereotypes, but includes both conventionalized and un-conventionalized discourses of race in its service. By creating complex contradictions, I hope that new meaning can emerge and be deposited into the universal consciousness. If I can do this by creating an experience for the audience that enables them to experience what it is like to find oneself, while being foreign in a community, then perhaps I can help that new meaning come to light. Leigh Anne Gialanella, "Spotlight On: Akosua Adoma Owusu", LSA, July 7, 2016. 'My definition of success isn’t about the accolades and the awards, but being authentic and consistent in my work and opening audiences up to seeing other perspectives in film. Priscilla Djirackor Debar, "Meet the Ghanaian filmmaker who’s adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", True Africa'', June 22, 2016. External links Category:Living people Category:1984 births Category:Women activists from Ghana Category:Film producers from the United States Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Artists from the United States Category:Film directors from the United States