Dzifa
Writer & director: Savannah Acquah
Cinematography & editing: Savannah Acquah
Producers: Tiyrese-Jerome N. Engena, Zakariya Saeed, Kate Butler, Savannah Acquah
Sound editing: Josh Woolley
Colour grading: Afaaq Raja
“A joyous 20 minutes”
Sally Macalister (Encounters Film Festival)
“What Savannah Acquah’s celebration of diasporic black queerness, Dzifa, does so well is dismantle the archaic quest narrative.”
“Dialogue written in such a manner that every time you see them come apart, you are desperate for them to reconcile”
“Blackness and queerness are married in a moment of genius and love in the form of a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony”
“Intimacy and connectivity lie at the heart of this piece; the cinematography works well to identify moments of sensory closeness. The nuance of this individual couple’s situation feels genuine, and close-up, out of focus moments push this to the next level.”
“Dzifa is a very necessary piece”
Cut to the Take
“A beautiful reminder of how good life can be”
“In Dzifa, Savannah offers new dimension to how we interpret the naming ceremony”
Abena Sεwaa, AKADi Magazine
