Private Project

Footprints of Pan Africanism

FOOTPRINTS OF PAN AFRICANISM revisits the era of Ghana independence and the civil rights movement; the brief period in which Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora participated in building a liberated territory that can be called the greatest experiment of Pan-Africanism to take place since the calamity of slavery.

  • SHIRIKIANA AINA
    Director
    SANKOFA, Co-Producer; BRICK BY BRICK, Director, Producer ADWA,
  • SHIRIKIANA AINA
    Writer
  • Haile Gerima
    Producer
    SANKOFA, ADWA-AN AFRICAN VICTORY; ASHES AND EMBERS; HARVEST 3,000 YEARS; TEZA
  • SHIRIKIANA AINA
    Producer
  • RICK BUTLER
    CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Ghana, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16MM: AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY 1080i
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • LUXOR AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
    LUXOR
    Egypt
    WORLD PREMIERE
    The Grand Nile Prize for Best Long Documentary
  • NY AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
    NEW YORK
    United States
    May 7, 2017
    NEW YORK PREMIERE
  • BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL
    PHILADELPHIA
    United States
    August 5, 2017
    PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE
  • BRONZE LENS FILM FESTIVAL
    ATLANTA
    United States
    August 26, 2017
    ATLANTA PREMIERE
Distribution Information
  • MYPHEDUH FILMS INC
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - SHIRIKIANA AINA

Shirikiana Aina is an independent filmmaker in Washington, DC. She has taught film at Howard University. In addition to filmmaking she owns and runs an historic community center called Sankofa Video and Bookstore. She co-produced the movies SANKOFA, TEZA, and ADWA. She directed BRICK BY BRICK, a documentary on housing and displacement in Washington, DC in the 1970’s and THROUGH THE DOOR OF NO RETURN, a personal journey attempting to bridge a 400 year gap between herself and the African Continent.

Her awards include:
Grand Prize, Documentary, Luxor Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival, Sankofa
Juror’s Discretionary Award in Film, Three Rivers Arts Festival
Black American Cinema Society
Honoree, Women in the Director’s Chair, AFI Awards
Community Choice Award, National Black Media Consortium, Prized Pieces

Aina is a mother of six. She and her husband Haile Gerima own Negod Gwad Productions that produces their films, and Mypheduh Films that distributes them.

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