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Shirikiana Aina (born September 9, 1955) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer. Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company for independent Pan African Films. [1]
Shirikiana Aina is an award-winning independent filmmaker, film educator, and owner of Sankofa Video and Bookstore in Washington, D.C. She produces and directs documentaries on pan Africanism, the slave trade, and gentrification.
Jul 23, 2018 · Shirikiana Aina is an independent filmmaker who has produced documentaries about the African Diaspora and Ghana's independence. Learn about her motivation, themes and challenges in making films such as Through the Door of No Return and Footprints of Panafricanism.
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Shirikiana Aina is a writer and director of African American and African films. She directed Brick by Brick, Sankofa, and Through the Door of No Return, and co-founded Mypheduh Films and Positive Productions.
Jun 29, 2024 · Shirikiana Aina is a filmmaker who made Brick by Brick, a documentary on gentrification in Washington, D.C. She also produced Haile Gerima's films, such as Hour Glass and Child of Resistance, which will screen with Brick by Brick at the Academy Museum.
Jan 3, 2019 · A documentary by a L.A. Rebellion filmmaker about the African-American experience in Ghana, the first independent African country. The film explores the history, culture and politics of Ghana and its connection to the Diaspora through interviews, archival footage and jazz music.
Shirikiana Aina is a producer, director, writer and actress born in the USA in 1955. She is married to Haile Gerima and has five children. See her credits, biography and contact info on IMDb.
