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A Woman of Desire

A Woman of Desire

2023 · 10 min

Naa N’ku Müna, which translates to a Queen of Shea Butter, or a Woman of Desire, is an Afro-futurist collage that explores identity through intersecting narratives. In the film, Ghanaian-American artist ABENA imagines an alternative universe, or perhaps another lifetime, in which she was born into different roles, classes, trades, and times in the history of Ghana.

Directed by Dakota Nanton · Written by Abena Colgan

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