Film
Through the Door of No Return
1997 · 1h 20m · Documentary
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Overview
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
- Shirikiana AinaDirector
Details
- Release date
- September 6, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
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