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Shirikiana Aina (born September 9, 1955) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer.

Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company for independent Pan African Films. The company produced several features from the filmmakers of the LA Film Rebellion.

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She also co-founded Negod Gwad Productions, a nonprofit film company providing support to indie filmmakers. She has taught courses in script writing and film production at Howard University. She is married to film director Haile Gerima.

Life and career

Shirikiana Aina attended Howard University and earned her Bachelor's in Film.

She later attended UCLA and received an MA in African Film Studies in 1982. That same year she made Brick by Brick, an acclaimed short documentary film that exposes the gentrification of poor