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Ayoka Chenzira

Ayoka Chenzira
  • Name: Ayoka Chenzira
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  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Biography: Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira (born November 8, 1953) is an independent African-American producer, film and television director, animator, writer, experimental filmmaker, and transmedia storyteller. She is the first African American woman animator and one of a handful of Black experimental filmmakers working since the late 1970s. Chenzira studied film and photography at The College of New Rochelle and accomplished her M.A. degree in education at Columbia University. She received her B.F.A. degree in film production from New York University. In 1984, Chenzira was one of seven writer/directors selected for the Sundance Institute. She was one of the first African-American women to produce a... Read More

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Title Release date
In the Rivers of Mercy Angst   as  Narrator 1996-01-01
MOTV (My Own TV)   as  Anti-Hero 1993-01-01
Syvilla: They Dance To Her Drum   as  Narrator 1979-01-01