Sankofa Movie Analysis

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In the film Sankofa it gave the viewers a direct representation of what it was like to be a slave. What it felt like, the pain, the abuse and the anger that drove them to killing their master’s. The main character Shola went from someone who did not agree with violence as a source of revenge to someone who had nothing but fight left in her. This character's change in emotion alone just made me even more angry about what they did to my people. This film made me really see how much life and innocence they took away from black race. This film was different from other slavery films I have seen. The characters showed raw emotion which gave a more impactful insight of slavery. The character Joe who struggled so much with his own identity and

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