Since 1978, Positive Productions, Inc. DBA Sankofa Film Institute, has championed African diaspora and African American storytellers, providing the tools and spaces they need to share their truths. As a 501(c)3 non-profit, our mission is rooted in the belief that cultural awareness is essential to realizing one’s full humanity. With your help in 2026 we will expand our capacity to teach filmmaking and show independent movies and develop critical audiences.

Support the Sankofa Film Archive: Preserve Our Stories, Inspire Future GenerationsFor over 45 years, filmmakers Shirikiana and Haile Gerima have created a powerful body of work that captures the spirit, struggle, and brilliance of the Black and African diaspora. The Sankofa Film Archive was founded to preserve this invaluable legacy — a collection of film and mixed media that deserves to be protected, studied, and shared.Now, we need your help.We're working to organize and provide public access to these historic materials — not only to honor the past, but to inspire the future. This archive will serve as an essential educational resource and a creative wellspring for emerging filmmakers, artists, and scholars.Our current facility houses fragile media, including 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm film, as well as reel-to-reel audio recordings. To ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of this irreplaceable archive, we urgently need to upgrade the space to meet professional archival standards.Your tax-deductible donation will help us:Protect and digitize aging film and audio materialsUpgrade our facility for proper archival storageMake the archive accessible to students, artists, and communities worldwideBy supporting the Sankofa Film Archive, you’re investing in the preservation of cultural memory — and helping to empower the next generation of storytellers.Give today. Help us keep these stories alive.All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. We are a project of Positive Productions Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Find out more about our ongoing film projects here.Shirikiana GerimaFilmmaker, Co-founder