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Through the Door of No Return (1997)
Directed by Shirikiana Aina
Documentary · 1h 20m
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. A Michigan man descended from slaves, he was labeled a radical by the FBI. Aina traveled to Ghana, documenting an oral history of slavery in Elmina, a port where Africans were warehoused before shipping to the New World. She also filmed African-Americans who have established a colony in Ghana, choosing to raise their families there.
Crew
- Director
- Shirikiana Aina
Details
- Release date
- 1997-09-06
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- Mypheduh Films