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.
Release Date | September 6, 1997 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Through the Door of No Return | |
Runtime | 1h 20min | |
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Original Language | English | |
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Production Companies | Mypheduh Films |