Ayoka Chenzira Movies

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.

A gay man living through the HIV/AIDS crisis reflects upon his recent history of loss with the help of his grandmother, who tells him a story of her...

A love story between a Jamaican immigrant and his wife that turns bittersweet when the search for the American dream goes awry.

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in...

A father struggles to fully embrace the life and death of his gay son.

Chenzira's 1979 tribute to dancer-choreographer Syvilla Fort.

A collaboration between filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira and performance artist Thomas Pinnock, who performs his "immigrant folktales" using traditional lore...

A coming-of-age story that features a reluctant young woman who accidentally falls to Earth and ends up a superhero. Originally conceived as a...

A woman struggles to free herself from the "Keeper of Memory" in this surreal odyssey.

Openly addressing sensitive issues of slavery and the African diaspora, this animated short traces the origins of funk, soul, and rhythm from the...

An experimental short film with themes of machinery, modernization and the human form. Produced as part of a program sponsored by Austrian machinery...

Through interviews with survivors of sexual abuse, parents, social workers, community activists, and abusers thmselves, this piece explores the...