Zeinabu irene Davis

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>331</o:Words> <o:Characters>1892</o:Characters> <o:Lines>15</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>3</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>2323</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.1287</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotShowRevisions/> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions/> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia"><span style="color:black">Zeinabu irene Davis is an independent filmmaker and Professor of Communication at University of California, San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Her work is passionately concerned with the depiction of women of African descent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Ms. Davis works in narrative, documentary and experimental genres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>A selection of her award winning works includes a drama about a young slave girl for both children and adults, <i>Mother of the River.</i></span><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>She has also completed an award winning love story set in Afro-Ohio, <i>A Powerful Thang </i></span><span style="color:black">and an experimental narrative exploring the psycho-spiritual journey of a woman with <i>Cycles.</i></span><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Her dramatic feature film entitled <i>Compensation</i></span><span style="color:black"> features two inter-related love stories that offer a view of Black Deaf culture. <i>Compensation</i></span><span style="color:black"> had a two-year broadcast run on the Sundance and BlackStarz! Cable Channels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>The film was selected for the dramatic competition at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and was the winner of the Gordon Parks Award for Directing from the Independent Feature Project in 1999. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia"><span style="color:black">In 2005, Davis released,&nbsp;<i>Trumpetistically Clora Bryant, </i>highlighting one of America's hidden gems, Los Angeles based "trumpetiste" Clora Bryant. </span><span style="color:black">She has recently completed two documentaries, <i>Co-Motion: Stories of Breastfeeding Women</i></span><span style="color:black"> and <i>Momentum: A Conversation with Black Women on Achieving Grad Degrees. </i></span><span style="color:black">Third World Newsreel and Women Make Movies in New York distribute her films.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia"><span style="color:black">Davis holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University, a MA in African Studies and an MFA from UCLA. &nbsp;<i>Spirits of Rebellion:Black Cinema at UCLA</i>&nbsp;is her current project and is actively in production.</span></font></p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeinabu_irene_Davis">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeinabu_irene_Davis</a>

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