- Sun, 14 December 2025
The fictional "King of Glory" bookstore in the film was filmed in an actual bookstore owned by Mensah's aunt and uncle.
Mensah won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the Tribeca Festival. The film also earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations. 🔍 Fascinating Facts
Features a brilliant dynamic with Pitt, the bookstore's ex-convict employee played by Meeko Gattuso. 🎬 Critical Reception & Legacy
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.
The 2021 indie comedy-drama is a heartfelt, award-winning film written by, directed by, and starring Nana Mensah . It explores the life of Sarah Obeng, a brilliant Ghanaian-American PhD student, who must abandon her plans to move to Ohio when her mother dies suddenly and leaves her a Christian bookstore in the Bronx.
Captures the friction experienced by first-generation children navigating highly specific family traditions and Ivy League environments.
The fictional "King of Glory" bookstore in the film was filmed in an actual bookstore owned by Mensah's aunt and uncle.
Mensah won the Best New Narrative Director prize at the Tribeca Festival. The film also earned two Independent Spirit Award nominations. 🔍 Fascinating Facts Queen of Glory(2021)
Features a brilliant dynamic with Pitt, the bookstore's ex-convict employee played by Meeko Gattuso. 🎬 Critical Reception & Legacy The fictional "King of Glory" bookstore in the
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. 🔍 Fascinating Facts Features a brilliant dynamic with
The 2021 indie comedy-drama is a heartfelt, award-winning film written by, directed by, and starring Nana Mensah . It explores the life of Sarah Obeng, a brilliant Ghanaian-American PhD student, who must abandon her plans to move to Ohio when her mother dies suddenly and leaves her a Christian bookstore in the Bronx.
Captures the friction experienced by first-generation children navigating highly specific family traditions and Ivy League environments.
