From the New York Times review: "In "Sankofa," a contemporary African-American woman travels back in time and experiences slavery. Haile Gerima's poetic and precisely detailed film takes its audience into its heroine's life and mind as her moral sense is challenged and changed. No viewer can avoid the discomforting questions the film so eloquently raises. The opening sequences,...$Phenomenal,powerful, raw. 观影期间总是想到去年读的Yaa Gyasi的Homegoing,而关于种植园slavery的传奇叙事确实是历久弥新。印象最深刻的是电影的score,不仅有非洲传统器乐,还有现代黑人蓝调以及爵士乐,而音乐本身也成了某种narrating voice. "Run sister, run." 电影最后呈现的“回归“让我都有了goose bumps.$这极有可能是我印象最久远的一部电影,5岁左右。$不错$后面的drama有点不太喜欢;run sister run和摄影机仰天长叹印象深刻$Reconstructed the bloody reality during the dark time...