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Shirikiana Aina born September 9, is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer. Shirikiana was born in DetroitMI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc.

Shirikiana Aina

American film director, cinematographer, producer and writer

Shirikiana Aina (born September 9, ) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer.

Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Production Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company for independent Pan African Films.[1] The company produced several features from the filmmakers of the LA Film Rebellion.[2] She also co-founded Negod Gwad Productions, a organization film company providing support to indie filmmakers.[3] She has taught courses in script writing and film production at Howard University.

She is married to production director Haile Gerima.

Life and career

Shirikiana Aina attended Howard University and earned her Bachelor's in Film. She later attended UCLA and received an MA in African Film Studies in That same year she made Brick by Brick, an acclaimed limited documentary film that exposes the gentrification of poor Black neighborhoods in Washington D.C.

In she co-produced the drama film Sankofa, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Aina's work is mostly rooted within the planet of documentary film.

In , she filmed Through the Door of No Return, which document's her journey to Ghana to retrace the footsteps of her ancestors. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival under the Planet Africa program created by artistic director Cameron Bailey.[5] In she co-founded Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe in D.C.

across the street from Howard University.[6]

Aina directed Footprints of Pan Africanism in a documentary that explores the impact of the independence of Ghana on political movements around the society.

In addition to his drawn-out career in film archiving and curating, Jan-Christopher Horak has taught at universities around the nature. Happily, while the Archive has continued to find and repair films by the L. Aina's new film, Footprints of Pan-Africanismfocuses on one of the overriding themes of many L. Rebellion films, namely the relationship of African-Americans to Africa.

In an interview at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Aina states "Racism and white superiority would rather sever off its own nosethan observe blackness be human."[7]

Filmography

  • Brick by Brick ()
  • Sankofa ()
  • Through the Door of No Return ()
  • Footprints of Pan Africanism ()
  • Residue (as actor) ()

References

  1. ^"Shirikiana Aina | UCLA Film & Television Archive".

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  2. ^"IMDb: With Mypheduh Films (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb.

    ‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker ...: Shirikiana Aina (born September 9, ) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer. Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion.

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  3. ^"Shirikiana Aina". IFFR. January 15, Retrieved March 10,
  4. ^"Programme ". . Retrieved March 10,
  5. ^Indiewire; Indiewire (September 14, ).

    An independent filmmaker, film advocate and co-producer of the highly acclaimed film SankofaShirikiana has been dedicated to independent cinema by, for and about people of African descent for over thirty years providing programming, distribution and exhibition of indie films. Initially a cinematographer, her interest turned to producing and directing. She has also worked as a cinematographer for various documentaries such as Politics of African Cinema and On Becoming a Chick. She is also a founder of Positive Productions, Inc.

    "TORONTO FESTIVALS: Toronto's African Planet, from Harlem to Johannesburg". IndieWire. Retrieved March 10,

  6. ^"Sankofa Video Books & Café Showcases African Tradition & History". the American Booksellers Association.

    Shirikiana Aina born September 9, is an American motion picture director, cinematographer, producer, and author. Shirikiana was born in DetroitMI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc.

    August 2, Retrieved March 10,

  7. ^Macnab, Geoffrey (February 2, ). "'Footsteps Of Pan Africanism' director says Netherlands must reflect on colonial past". Screen. Retrieved March 10,

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