Zeinabu irene Davis Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Sisters in Cinema

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Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.

Define

Oblique, episodic meditations on the semiotics and ethics of ethnic female identity are accompanied by a blandly cynical narrator explaining how to “win an invitation to the dominant culture.” —Kevin McMahon

Define

Cycles

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As a woman anxiously awaits her overdue period, she performs African-based rituals of purification. She cleans house and body, and calls on the spirits (Orishas in the Yoruba tradition), receiving much needed inspiration and assurance in a dream. The film combines beautifully intimate still and moving images of the woman’s body and home space, along with playful stop-motion sequences. —Jacqueline Stewart, UCLA Film and Television Archive

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Part of a multi-platform project highlighted by an hour long documentary about black filmmakers who worked and studied at UCLA between 1965 and the 1990s.

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

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Production

Compensation

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The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

Compensation

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The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

Compensation

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The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.

Cycles

Mother of the RiverMOVIE

Mother of the River

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In this poignant story set in the 1850s, a young slave girl befriends a magical woman in the woods called Mother of the River. Through their friendship the young girl learns about independence, honor, humility and respect for others. MOTHER OF THE RIVER is a rare portrayal of slavery from a young woman's perspective.

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Part of a multi-platform project highlighted by an hour long documentary about black filmmakers who worked and studied at UCLA between 1965 and the 1990s.

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Producer

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Part of a multi-platform project highlighted by an hour long documentary about black filmmakers who worked and studied at UCLA between 1965 and the 1990s.

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA

Director

Re-creating Black Women's Media ImageMOVIE

Re-creating Black Women's Media Image

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The second short by Zeinabu irene Davis

Re-creating Black Women's Media Image

Director

Sweet Bird of Youth

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A short film directed by Zeinabu Irene Davis.

A Powerful Thang

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This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship-but Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.