---
name: "EmmoLei Sankofa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emmolei-sankofa"
fi1m_id: "emmolei-sankofa"
imdb_id: "nm5787952"
tmdb_id: 3155244
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:29:08.991497+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# EmmoLei Sankofa

## Identity

EmmoLei Sankofa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emmolei-sankofa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emmolei-sankofa
- **IMDb ID:** nm5787952
- **TMDB ID:** 3155244
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5787952/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3155244

Composer. Born in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Also known as:** Emmo, E. Sankofa
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5787952/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3155244

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Other Black Girl*](https://film.one/tv/the-other-black-girl.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

EmmoLei Sankofa is an American composer, producer, musician and artist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and holds a master’s degree in sound design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is also an alum of the Sundance Composers Lab.

Sankofa composed the score for the Hulu series *The Other Black Girl* (2023). Her other credits include *Step Up: High Water* (2022), *Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls* (2022), *Three Ways* (2022), *Horror Noire* and the Disney+ short *Project CC* (2023). She has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Original Score for Film/TV category.

*Sources: televisionacademy.com, imdb.com, postperspective.com, blog.staffmeup.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Other Black Girl* (2023), Fi1m 66, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-other-black-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Undercard* (2026), Music
- *The Late Night Creep* (2025), Music
- *Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!* (2025), Music
- *House of Aama: Threads of Legacy* (2024), Music
- *Project CC* (2023), Music
- *Bloom* (2023), Music
- *The Other Black Girl* (2023), series, Music — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-other-black-girl.md)
- *Three Ways* (2023), Executive Producer, Music
- *Chocolate Milk* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Defining US* (2022), Music
- *Horror Noire* (2021), Music
- *Common Characters* (2021), Music
- *Who Should I Be In The World?* (2020), Music
- *Jim* (2019), Music
- *Step Up* (2018), series, Music

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