The Belgian government has denounced this documentary as a "tendentious diatribe" for depicting King Leopold II - still a heroic figure in Belgium - as the moral forebear of Adolf Hitler, responsible for the death of 10 million people in his rapacious exploitation of the Congo.
A stunning film with great reserves
of emotional power and intelligence, Sankofa tells
the story of Mona, a beautiful African-American model on a fashion shoot in
West Africa who becomes enmeshed with a mystical spot that forces her to recall
her racial past.
