Queen Of Glory(2021) -

Tracks Sarah’s journey from detached avoidance to profound self-awareness as she embraces her inherited community.

The film was shot in 2014, and the money required to finish its post-production was raised entirely via a Kickstarter campaign in 2015. Queen of Glory(2021)

Captures the friction experienced by first-generation children navigating highly specific family traditions and Ivy League environments. Tracks Sarah’s journey from detached avoidance to profound

Features a brilliant dynamic with Pitt, the bookstore's ex-convict employee played by Meeko Gattuso. 🎬 Critical Reception & Legacy Features a brilliant dynamic with Pitt, the bookstore's

The fictional "King of Glory" bookstore in the film was filmed in an actual bookstore owned by Mensah's aunt and uncle.

Reviewers at the The New York Times and Variety highlighted its warm, lived-in feel and its avoidance of standard Hollywood tropes about West Africans.

To bind Sarah to her lineage, Mensah beautifully intersperses real archival footage of Ghanaian funeral rites throughout the narrative.