Shakura S'Aida

A Map of the World (1999)

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Elliott
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  David Strathairn  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chloë Sevigny

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Elliott
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  David Strathairn  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chloë Sevigny

Whitewash (2016)

Whitewash is a poetic video that examines the little-known subject of slavery in Canada and its omission from the national narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadine Valcin
CAST:  Shakura S'Aida

Whitewash is a poetic video that examines the little-known subject of slavery in Canada and its omission from the national narrative.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadine Valcin
CAST:  Shakura S'Aida

Brown Girl Begins (2017)

It's 2049 on a forsaken island off the coast of Toronto where the survival of the islanders depends on young Ti-Jeanne to risk death by a spirit so she can take her place as a caribbean priestess and save her people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sharon Lewis
CAST:  Mouna Traoré  •  Shakura S'Aida  •  Nigel Shawn Williams  •  Emmanuel Kabongo

It's 2049 on a forsaken island off the coast of Toronto where the survival of the islanders depends on young Ti-Jeanne to risk death by a spirit so she can take her place as a caribbean priestess and save her people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sharon Lewis
CAST:  Mouna Traoré  •  Shakura S'Aida  •  Nigel Shawn Williams  •  Emmanuel Kabongo

Critical Choices (1996)

A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend and involves three different women, each representing different sides of the issue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Weill
CAST:  Betty Buckley  •  Diana Scarwid  •  Liisa Repo-Martell  •  Pamela Reed

A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend and involves three different women, each representing different sides of the issue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Weill
CAST:  Betty Buckley  •  Diana Scarwid  •  Liisa Repo-Martell  •  Pamela Reed