Sankofa: A Movie Review

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another time. She goes back to slave times. It is here that she finds her roots. She remembers what her ancestors went through and how she was disgracing them, now. She experienced what her ancestors went through, from the branding with a hot iron to the whippings across the back. During her journey she received a little bird from the man she loved. Its name was Sankofa. Near the end of the movie the slaves rebel and flee. While they are fleeing she talks about being taken up into the air, floating. Then, at the end of the movie she, and other people, just sit on the stairs and wait while looking out at the ocean. After class, I was thinking about this meant and how everything tied in together. I finally came to the conclusion that the people were waiting for their Sankofa. They were waiting for their bird to come and take them back, take them away. They were waiting to experience that joyous flight with Sankofa.
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