Mypheduh Films, which houses Sankofa is excited to announce that we are expanding our physical space! This transformative project seeks to develop Sankofa’s infrastructure, accessibility, and multi-purpose spaces. Sankofa Video and Books has been part of encouraging literacy in the black community since its inception in 1997, offering books, movies, music, art, and events by and about people of African descent.
From their site
Images from Mypheduh Films’s own website.
Contact & details
no credits since 1999, but the website and phone on file are current — usually a company that was renamed or absorbed rather than closed i
How their work is rated
1 win from 3 nominations across all awards
Combined US gross, 1 of 4 titles
- Mostly
- drama, documentary, war
- Active
- 1982–1999
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93%
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 4 of 4 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.
Credits4
4 films
Adwa
1999 · Film
Produced
Through the Door of No Return
1997 · Film
Produced
Sankofa
1993 · Film
Produced
Ashes and Embers
1982 · Film
Produced
Who they work with
- Haile Gerima3
- Haile Gerima2
- Drama3 of 4
- Documentary2 of 4
Names appearing on two or more of Mypheduh Films’s produced titles, across the 4 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.
Film offices covering Washington
- DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME)Washington
- District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture and TV DevelopmentWashington
- Prince George's Film OfficeLargo · 28-30%
- Baltimore Film OfficeBaltimore · 28-30%
Offices near this location, and the one covering the whole state. Proximity is not jurisdiction: confirm with the office before relying on it for permits.
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