Drexciya
Film poster
Directed byAkosua Adoma Owusu
CinematographyDustin Thompson
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Edited byDustin Thompson
Production
company
Obibini Pictures LLC
Distributed byGrasshopper Film LLC
Release date
  • November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryGhana

Drexciya[1][2] is a Ghanaian 2010 short documentary film directed and produced by Akosua Adoma Owusu in association with California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam and participated in Video Studio: Changing Same[3] at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

Synopsis

Drexciya[4][5] portrays an abandoned public swimming facility located in Accra, Ghana set on the Riviera. The Riviera at one time was an upscale development, consisting of luxury high-rises and five star hotels. Since the 1970s, the Riviera has fallen into a disheveled state. This short documentary was inspired by afro-futurist myths propagated by the underground Detroit-based band Drexciya. They suggest that Drexciya is a mythical underwater subcontinent populated by the unborn children of African women thrown overboard during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. These children have adapted and evolved to breathe underwater.

Screenings

Awards

  • Best Experimental Film - Guanajuato International Film Festival 2011[13]
  • Mención Especial al Cortometraje, 8th African Film Festival, Tarifa 2011[14]
  • Top 10 African films of 2011[15]
  • Juror's Citation Prize - Black Maria Film & Video Festival 2011[16]
  • Camera in the Sun[17]

References

  1. ↑ Finkelstein, David. "Drexciya". Film Threat. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Tarifa African Film Festival". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Video Studio: Changing Same". Studio Museum in Harlem. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  4. ↑ Rubin, Mike. "Infinite Journey to Inner Space: The Legacy of Drexciya". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  5. ↑ "2011 African Film Festival of Tarifa winners announced". Bizcommunity Africa. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  6. ↑ "9th International Festival Signes de Nuit". International Festival Signes de Nuit. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  7. ↑ "Drexciya - Centre Pompidou". Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Drexciya, selected screenings". Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  9. ↑ MacArthur, Julie. "Ways of Seeing (in) African Cinema" (PDF). TIFF Higher Learning. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  10. ↑ "The Future Weird". OkayAfrica. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  11. ↑ "She Found a Place". Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  12. ↑ "Afrofuturist films". Metro Times. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Guanajuato International Film Festival - Winners". GIFF. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  14. ↑ "8th African Film Festival of Tarifa". FCAT Palmarés 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  15. ↑ Lewandowska Cummings, Basia. "Africa is a Country". Africa is a Country. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  16. ↑ "Black Maria Film & Video Festival" (PDF). Black Maria Film and Video Festival. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  17. ↑ "19th New York African Film Festival". Camera in the Sun. Retrieved 2012-12-10.


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