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Through the Door of No Return (1997)

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.

Released Sept. 6, 1997 80 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.f-rated, imdb.independent-film

Production Companies: Mypheduh Films

Country: United States
Languages: English

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80 min
Sept. 6, 1997
Released
NR