Through the Door of No Return

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 6, 1997

Original language

English

Production

Mypheduh Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0163341