While in Ghana for a fashion shoot, a Black American model is pulled back in time to a slave plantation in Haile Gerima's drama, a film he self-funded and self-distributed after mainstream distributors passed on it, leading to two years of sold-out grassroots screenings in the United States.
Fun fact: Sankofa is an Akan word meaning to go back and reclaim what was left behind, taken directly as the film's title and theme.