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these moments of comic relief define nana mensah s debut film. as a child of ghanaian immigrants, she grew up seeing plenty of trauma in african immigrant films, but that didn t reflect her experience. so she wanted to create something different with queen of glory. we laughed a lot growing up. my parents told crazy stories from back home, or, like, the crazy things that happened to them when they first came to this country, so i wanted to tell the story. where s the body? she was cremated. of course it centres around a woman losing her mother so it s not all laughs, it s not a screwball comedy but at the same time, there are moments forjoy. i m not getting on the scale. mensah shows what it s like straddling two worlds as a first generation american. including the challenge of upholding traditions while also showing the powerful connection culture creates between old world and new. the christian book store sarah

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