Black Sunshine
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2015
Logline
As an albino girl tries to balance life between a demanding mother and her rejecting environment, a mythical reality is presented to her, but the path it leads to might be darker than she thinks.
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Director, Writer, Producer
Akosua Adoma Owusu is an artist of Ghanaian parentage whose films have screened at festivals, museums, and microcinemas since 2005. Her short, Kwaku Ananse, was the award-winner for Ghana at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
Yaba Blay
Co-Writer
A professor, producer, and publisher, Dr. Yaba Blay is one of today’s leading voices on colorism and global skin color politics. She teaches Africana Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Bee Walker
Photographer
Bee Walker is a Kenyan born photographer residing in New York City. Her work explores cultural dynamics within her immediate and surrounding communities. She also works as a producer for VSCO, a leading art & technology company.