Nana Mensah

 

Actor, writer, and director. Her acting credits include Netflix’s Bonding, NBC’s New Amsterdam, and the recent Netflix series The Chair, starring Sandra Oh. She has written on shows for Amazon, HBO, and Netflix, as well as original pilots. In 2021, she directed and wrote her debut feature, Queen of Glory, in which she also stars.

Filmography


Films by this director

Queen of Glory

(USA, 2021)

Directed by: Nana Mensah
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cybel Martin
Synopsis:

Sarah (Nana Mensah) is a Ghanaian-American about to abandon her doctoral studies to follow her married lover to Ohio. Just before she leaves, Sarah’s mother dies, leaving her a small Christian bookstore in the Bronx. As she tries to organize a funeral befitting the family matriarch and decide what to do with the bookshop, Sarah must juggle the expectations of her quirky family and the reappearance of her estranged father. Queen of Glory (Tribeca – Best Director) is a charmi...

color, 78'
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