Clayton State to Feature Special Film Event “Sankofa” for Black History Month
Clayton College & State University will feature a special showing of “Sankofa,” a film by Haile Gerima, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the University’s observance of Black History Month.
Following the screening of “Sankofa” in room 272 on the new University Center will be a discussion with Pervis Brown, Clayton State instructor of African-American History. The screening is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Art, Film, & Video Club and the Department of Communicative Arts & Integrative Studies at Clayton State.
Sankofa is an Akan word that means "We must go back & reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why & how we came to be who we are today." Written, directed and produced by Ethiopian-born filmmaker Gerima, Sankofa is a powerful film about Maafa — the African Holocaust, says Clayton State Assistant Professor of Media Dr. Virginia Bonner. Told from an African/African-American perspective, the film gives a story that is vastly different from the generally distorted, Hollywood representations of African people, she adds.
