THROUGH THE DOOR OF NO RETURN is a personal journey of the filmmaker, Shirikiana Aina, on a search for her father's footsteps, an ordinary African-American, who she tells us, travelled to Ghana to set up a business and died as a result of Malaria and a punctured kidney.

African American filmmaker Shirikiana Aina's personal confrontation of the slave trade. By following her father's footsteps, she returns to Africa, at night, by the water, the way her ancestors left, back through the door of no return.

A film by Shirikiana AINA

USA / Ghana, 1997, Documentary, 1h20, English, Color, 16 mm

Original Title: THROUGH THE DOOR OF NO RETURN
Country of origin: United States
Country of Shooting (Filming Location): Senegal
Duration: 80' (1h20)
Year: 1997
Type: Documentary
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound mix: Mono
Negative Format: 16 mm

PRODUCERS / PRODUCTEURS :
Haile GERIMA, Shirikiana AINA

DIRECTOR / RÉALISATRICE :
Shirikiana AINA

SCREENWRITER / SCÉNARISTE :
Shirikiana AINA

SOUND / SON :
Curtis Choy

CINEMATOGRAPHY / DIRECTEUR PHOTO :
Rick Butler

EDITOR / MONTEUR :
Haile Gerima

Assistant Director / Assistant Réalisation :
Kwesi Fanti

Production company:
Mypheduh Films
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1997 | Toronto International Film Festival - TIFF (1997, Canada)
* Premiere: September 6, 1997