# Ayoka Chenzira

> Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira is an independent African-American producer, film director, 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. She has earned international acclaim for her experimental, documentary, animation, and cross-genre filmmaking productions. Her work, as well as her efforts as one of the first African American woman film educators, have led some in the press to describe her as a media activist for social justice and challenging stereotype representations of African Americans in the mainstream media.

*American filmmaker*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1953-11-08
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155704/ (@nm0155704)
- **WEBSITE**: https://ayomentary.com/

## Sources
- [Ayoka Chenzira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayoka_Chenzira)
- [ايوكا تشينزيرا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14594557)
- [Ayoka Chenzira](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1470958)

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