Kwaku Ananse (film)

Kwaku Ananse
Kwaku Ananse
	Film poster
Directed by	Akosua Adoma Owusu
Written by	Iram Parveen Bilal; Akosua Adoma Owusu
Story by	Akosua Adoma Owusu
Starring	Jojo Abot; Koo Nimo; Grace Omaboe
Cinematography	Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio
Music by	Koo Nimo; Ebo Taylor
Production; company	Obibini Pictures LLC
Distributed by	Grasshopper Film LLC; KweliTv
Release date	February 12, 2013 (Berlin International Film Festival);
Running time	25 minutes
Countries	Ghana; Mexico; United States
Language	Akan

Kwaku Ananse^[1] is a 2013 short film directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu. The short film combines semi-autobiographical elements with the tale of Kwaku Ananse, a trickster in West African and Caribbean stories who appears as both a spider and a man. The fable of Kwaku Ananse is combined with the story of a young outsider named Nyan Koronhwea, who attends her estranged father's funeral. At the funeral, she retreats to the woods in search of her father. The film starred legendary musician Koo Nimo and veteran actress Grace Omaboe.^[2]

The screenplay was co-written by Pakistani-American filmmaker and entrepreneur Iram Parveen Bilal. The script was written for MaameYaa Boafo, a Pakistani born-Ghanaian actress, who was originally cast in the lead role as Nyan Koronhwea. However, the production team in New York City eventually decided to recast the character during the pre-production stage with Jojo Abot, an emerging Ghanaian artist.^[3]^[4]

^ Brown, Todd (December 5, 2012). "African Folk Tales Come To Life In Kwaku Ananse". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference ref2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Interview: Akosua Adoma Owusu's 'Kwaku Ananse' at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia)". Indiewire. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
^ Sefa-Boakye, Jennifer. "First Look Friday: The Nostalgia Of Ghanaian Jazz Singer Jojo Abot". OkayAfrica. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

[1] Brown, Todd (December 5, 2012). "African Folk Tales Come To Life In Kwaku Ananse". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

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[3] "Interview: Akosua Adoma Owusu's 'Kwaku Ananse' at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia)". Indiewire. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.

[4] Sefa-Boakye, Jennifer. "First Look Friday: The Nostalgia Of Ghanaian Jazz Singer Jojo Abot". OkayAfrica. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

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