Don Amis

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Total trailers found: 5

Bellydancing: A History and an Art Trailer (1979)

01 February 1979

Filmmaker Alicia Dhanifu, who appears in director Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae, constructs a rigorous and beautifully rendered history of belly dancing — its roots and history, forms and meanings.

Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

A day-in-the-life portrait of an Afrocentric primary learning academy located in South L.A. that focuses on the virtues of the three Rs—Respect, Righteousness, and Revolution.

Festival of Mask Trailer (1982)

25 July 1982

Filmmaker Don Amis was one of the very few Black student filmmakers at UCLA (including Carroll Parrott Blue and Denise Bean) working in a documentary mode.

Gidget Meets Hondo Trailer (1980)

10 October 1980

Filmed in response to the LAPD’s shooting of Eulia Love in 1979, Gidget Meets Hondo opens with stills taken by Bernard Nicolas of a demonstration against Love’s killing.

African Woman – USA Trailer (1980)

15 July 1980

A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.