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Testament

1988 · 80 min

A quiet, reflective historical drama that moves between past and present, asking you to sit with exile, memory, and the weight of a country changed.

Directed by
John Akomfrah
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes
Overview
Focuses on the Kwame Nkrumah era in Ghanaian history and paints a portrait of a female African government minister forced into exile after a coup d'état in 1966. Two decades later, she returns to confront the country she left behind.

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Directed by
John Akomfrah
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • exploration
  • identity
  • memory
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
John Akomfrah
Written by
John Akomfrah
Starring
Tania Rogers, Evans Oma Hunter, Frank Parkes, Sally Sagoe, Alex Tetteh-Lartey, Errol Shaker
Runtime
80 min
Country
Ghana, United Kingdom

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