"The co-producer of the highly acclaimed film Sankofa, Mrs. Shirikiana Aina has been dedicated to independent cinema for over fifteen years. She received a Masters Degree in African Film Studies from UCLA in 1982, and a B.A. in Film in 1980 from Howard University. After starting a family she returned to her alma mater to teach scriptwriting.
Aina is one of the founders of Positive Productions, Inc., a non-profit film company for independent filmmakers of color, and Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company for African and African American films.
Aina also worked as a cinematographer on independent documentaries such as: Politics of African Cinema, On Becoming A Woman and Lois Mailu Jones: 50 Years of Painting. Her film directorial credits include, Brick by Brick, a documentary on urban displacement. Her latest work, Through The Door of No Return, is a documentary feature on the involvement of African Americans in Ghana from the time of Kwama Nkrumah to the present. independent films, by, for, and about people of African descent.
Filmography:
Through The Door of No Return (16mm/Docu./Color/1997)
Sankofa (35mm/Color/125 min./NR/1993)
*Brick by Brick (16mm/Color/Documentary/30 min./1982)
Lecture Topics:
Scriptwriting; Film Production; Directing; Distribution"
Source: www.blackfilmmakers.net
