NAKOM
GHANA /USA – 2016 – 90 min – DRAMA – Kusaal / English – DCP/HD
NAKOM
Original title:
A film by Kelly Daniela Norris & TW Pittman
After his father’s sudden death, Iddrisu, a talented medical student, returns to his home village of northern Ghana. Faced with a debt that could destroy his family, Iddrisu has no choice but to turn their farm and fortunes around. Over the course of a growing season, Iddrisu confronts both the tragedy and beauty of village life, and must finally choose between two very different futures.
Original language: Kusaal / English
Produced by: Rasquaché Production, with Jacob Ayanaba, Grace Ayariga, Justina Kulidu,
James Azudago, Felicia Atampuri
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Kelly Daniela Norris & TW Pittman
Kelly Daniela Norris’ debut feature, Sombras de Azul, won the Audience Award
at the Austin Film Festival. She co-directed her second feature, Nakom, over the
course of 4 months in a rural village in northeastern Ghana. A Mexican-American
dual citizen, Kelly graduated with degrees in Film and Psychology and is a
current PhD candidate in Cinema at the University of California, Berkeley.
TW (Trav) Pittman is a writer and producer with Rasquaché Films. The company’s
Cuba-set feature, Sombras de Azul. Previously, she wrote and codirected the
award-winning short film Sinnerman. A trans woman of color, Trav was born
and raised in the city of San Francisco, and graduated from Columbia University
with degrees in Film and Political Science
