Drexciya (2010 film) explained

Drexciya
Director:	Akosua Adoma Owusu
Studio:	Obibini Pictures LLC
Distributor:	Grasshopper Film LLC
Runtime:	12 minutes
Country:	Ghana
Cinematography:	Dustin Thompson Akosua Adoma Owusu
Editing:	Dustin Thompson

Drexciya^{[1] [2]} is a Ghanaian 2010 short documentary film directed and produced by Akosua Adoma Owusu in association with California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam and participated in Video Studio: Changing Same^[3] at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

Synopsis

Drexciya^{[4] [5]} portrays an abandoned public swimming facility located in Accra, Ghana set on the Riviera. The Riviera at one time was an upscale development, consisting of luxury high-rises and five star hotels. Since the 1970s, the Riviera has fallen into a disheveled state. This short documentary was inspired by afro-futurist myths propagated by the underground Detroit-based band Drexciya. They suggest that Drexciya is a mythical underwater subcontinent populated by the unborn children of African women thrown overboard during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. These children have adapted and evolved to breathe underwater.

Screenings

• 9th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris 2011^[6]
• IndieLisboa 2011
• Viennale 2011
• 30th Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca 2011
• Festival del cinema africano, d'Asia e America Latina di Milano 2011
• Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid 2011^{[7] [8]}
• Toronto International Film Festival, 2012^[9]
• OkayAfrica - The Future Weird: Black Atlantis, New York 2013, USA^[10]
• Tabakalera, 2015 Spain
• Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2015 USA^[11]
• Detroit Institute of Arts, 2016, USA^[12]
• Posthuman Complicities at mumok, 2017 Vienna, Austria
• Labocine, 2018
• 20th FestCurtasBH, 2018 Brasil

Awards

• Best Experimental Film - Guanajuato International Film Festival 2011^[13]
• Mención Especial al Cortometraje, 8th African Film Festival, Tarifa 2011^[14]
• Top 10 African films of 2011^[15]
• Juror's Citation Prize - Black Maria Film & Video Festival 2011^[16]
• Camera in the Sun^[17]

External links

• • Obibini Pictures LLC
• Grasshopper Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Drexciya. Film Threat. 2011-11-15. David. Finkelstein.
2. Web site: Tarifa African Film Festival. Modern Ghana. 2011-06-20.
3. Web site: Video Studio: Changing Same. Studio Museum in Harlem. 2011-09-12.
4. Web site: Infinite Journey to Inner Space: The Legacy of Drexciya. Red Bull Music Academy. 2017-06-30. Mike. Rubin.
5. Web site: 2011 African Film Festival of Tarifa winners announced . Bizcommunity Africa. 2011-06-30.
6. Web site: 9th International Festival Signes de Nuit . International Festival Signes de Nuit. 2011-10-25.
7. Web site: Drexciya - Centre Pompidou . Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, 2011. 2011-12-12.
8. Web site: Drexciya, selected screenings . Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). 2012-07-19.
9. Web site: Ways of Seeing (in) African Cinema. TIFF Higher Learning. 2012-02-07. Julie. MacArthur.
10. Web site: The Future Weird . OkayAfrica. 2013-08-25.
11. Web site: She Found a Place . Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. 2015-06-30.
12. Web site: Afrofuturist films . Metro Times. 2016-01-20.
13. Web site: Guanajuato International Film Festival - Winners. GIFF. 2011-08-03.
14. Web site: 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa. FCAT Palmarés 2011. 2011-09-12. 2021-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210228085633/https://www.festival.fcat.es/palmares/#fcat2011. dead.
15. Web site: Africa is a Country. Africa is a Country. 2012-02-28. Basia. Lewandowska Cummings.
16. Web site: Black Maria Film & Video Festival . Black Maria Film and Video Festival. 2011-03-05. en-US.
17. Web site: 19th New York African Film Festival. Camera in the Sun. 2012-12-10. en-US.