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Ayoka Chenzira

Director

Ayoka Chenzira

Directing
1994 · 1 film
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

Career Signature

How Ayoka Chenzira’s filmography reads.

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