Through the Door of No Return

Name: Through the Door of No Return
Released: 1997-09-06
Rating: 7

7.0/10 (1)

·1997· 80 min

Director: Shirikiana Aina

In a personal quest, filmmaker Shirikiana Aina made this documentary capturing her efforts to learn more about her father, who died when she was a child. A Michigan man descended from slaves, he was labeled a radical by the FBI. Aina traveled to Ghana, documenting an oral history of slavery in Elmina, a port where Africans were warehoused before shipping to the New World. She also filmed African-Americans who have established a colony in Ghana, choosing to raise their families there.

In brief

Through the Door of No Return (1997) is a documentary film. With an average rating of 7.0/10 from 1 votes, it's a solidly rated pick. The film runs 1h 20min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Through the Door of No Return runs 80 minutes (1h 20min).

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Through the Door of No Return has an average rating of 7.0/10 based on 1 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Through the Door of No Return was released in 1997.