Mensah won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the Tribeca Festival. The film also earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations. 🔍 Fascinating Facts
The fictional "King of Glory" bookstore in the film was filmed in an actual bookstore owned by Mensah's aunt and uncle. Queen of Glory(2021)
The 2021 indie comedy-drama is a heartfelt, award-winning film written by, directed by, and starring Nana Mensah . It explores the life of Sarah Obeng, a brilliant Ghanaian-American PhD student, who must abandon her plans to move to Ohio when her mother dies suddenly and leaves her a Christian bookstore in the Bronx. Mensah won the Best New Narrative Director prize
To bind Sarah to her lineage, Mensah beautifully intersperses real archival footage of Ghanaian funeral rites throughout the narrative. award-winning film written by