Shirikiana Aina Trailers

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA Trailer

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. The company produced several features from the filmmakers of the LA Film Rebellion. She also co-founded Negod Gwad Productions, a nonprofit film company providing support to indie filmmakers. She has taught courses in script writing and film production at Howard University.

Most Popular Shirikiana Aina Trailers

Total trailers found: 5

Sankofa Trailer (1993)

28 May 1993

On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.

Brick by Brick Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

A prescient portrait of late-1970s Washington, D.C., that chronicles the city's creeping gentrification, the systematic expulsion of poor Black residents, and the community response in the form of the Seaton Street Project, in which tenants banded together to purchase buildings.

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA Trailer (2016)

06 February 2016

Part of a multi-platform project highlighted by an hour long documentary about black filmmakers who worked and studied at UCLA between 1965 and the 1990s.

Footprints of Pan-Africanism Trailer (2018)

25 January 2018

In 1957, Ghana was the first African country to become independent of its colonial rulers, in this case the British.

Through the Door of No Return Trailer (1997)

06 September 1997

In a personal quest, filmmaker Shirikiana Aina made this documentary capturing her efforts to learn more about her father, who died when she was a child.