Intermittent Delight (16+)
USA, 2007, colour, 5 min.
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s commercial- aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator decoration.
AWARDS
Most Progressive Filmmaker, Detriot Docs
Russian premier
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Akosua Adoma Owusu
was born January 1, 1984. She is an AMAA award-winning American avant-garde filmmaker of Ghanaian parentage. Owusu earned her BA with distinction in Media Studies and Studio Art from the University of Virginia and her MFA degree from the departments of Fine Art and Film and Video from the California Institute of the Arts. Owusu’s films have screened worldwide in film festivals, museums, galleries, universities and microcinemas since 2005.
FILMOGRAPHY
«Intermittent Delight», 2007; «Revealing Roots», 2008; «BOYant: A Michael Jordan in a Speedo is Far Beyond the Horizon», 2008; «Drexciya», 2008; «Me broni ba», 2009; «Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful», 2012; «Kwaku Ananse», 2013.
USA, 2007, colour, 5 min.
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Intermittent Delight juxtaposes close-ups of batik textiles, fashion and design from the 1950s and 1960s, images of men weaving and women sewing in Ghana, and fragments of a Westinghouse 1960s commercial- aimed to instruct women on the how-to of refrigerator decoration.
AWARDS
Most Progressive Filmmaker, Detriot Docs
Russian premier