The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Shirikiana AinaDirector
Themes
woman director