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Through the Door of No Return

Through the Door of No Return

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 DateSeptember 6, 1997
StatusReleased
Original TitleThrough the Door of No Return
Runtime1h 20min
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Original LanguageEnglish
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Production CompaniesMypheduh Films