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Abina and the Important Men

Abina and the Important Men • 16-Jun-2017

Directed by Soumyaa Kapil Behrens

The story of a young enslaved African woman who escapes her master, flees to the Gold Coast and takes her master to court. Based on actual court transcripts, the films breathes life into the graphic novel by the same name to tell her story.

Cast
Gina Harris Narrator / Woman in Market
Toni Harris Abina
Rhonnie Washington Man in Market / Quamina Eddoo
Michael A. Behrens Magistrate William Melton
Sasha Whitaker Constable Moosa
Dee Spencer Eccoah Coom
John-Edward Bello Serafica Tando / Constable Munshie / Thomas Aminissah
Muata Kenyatta Senegay / Nana Ampofa
Alexis Payne Adjuah N'Yamiwhah
Anirudh Mohan Jonathan Dawson
Kirk Cunningham James Hutton Brew
Richard Polote James Davis
Crew
Soumyaa Kapil Behrens director
Liz Clarke writer
Trevor Getz writer
Daniel Leonard Bernardi executive producer
Trevor Getz producer
Soumyaa Kapil Behrens producer
Michael Behrens producer
Robert Barbarino co-producer
Rhonnie Washington co-producer
Daewon Kim editor
Liz Clarke illustrator
Steven Lagosh sound recordist
Dan Olmsted sound designer/sound editor
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