Kojo McPherson
Guyana
Narrative Short | 2017
VENUE: Moray House // May 31, 2017 // 7:00PM
SYNOPSIS: Vivid, haunting dreams push a man to search for the identity of his parents. An elderly and enigmatic Indigenous woman seems to hold the answers to his questions but will she give up her secrets or simply lead him down the rabbit hole?
About the Director:
KOJO MCPHERSON
Over the last ten years Kojo Chukwuma (McPherson) has operated as a creative professional in Guyana. He has worked professionally as a scriptwriter and director for a radio serial drama; a writer/director/producer in educational video production; and a freelance photographer. In his leisure time he performed as a leading spoken word artist and has done some work as a writer and director for stage. In 2011 he added filmmaking to his portfolio. Among other projects he has completed three short films with a fourth one, a coproduction with the Caribbean Film Academy, in post-
production.
Kojo is the winner of the RBC Focus: Filmmaker’s Immersion 2015, a ‘best project & pitch’ competition for featurelength films hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival.
Kojo is a Daddy (with a capital ‘D’) to two girls, Kinaya and Mapenzi.
